Ignace Cornelissen

Sabam

Sabam is the Belgian Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers. We collect, distribute and manage (in the broadest sense of the word) all copyrights of our members in Belgium and all other countries where reciprocal agreements have been negotiated (with our sister associations, i.e. other collection societies). The collective rights organisation Sabam is a cooperative company with limited liability under Belgian law (CVBA/SCRL). Under no circumstance is it a ministry or a semi-public undertaking. The organisation was founded in 1922 by a number of authors. Today, our members consist of thousands of artists from every artistic discipline imaginable. Although we are often primarily associated with music, we are proud of our multidisciplinary nature. This way, we represent composers, writers, publishers, playwriters, choreographers, directors, screenwriters, dialogue writers, broadcasters, subtitlers, translators, novelists, poets, comic book writers, illustrators, journalists, sculptors, painters, videographers, designers, photographers, graphic artists... This makes our society almost unique in the world!