La SAIF

The Société des Auteurs des arts visuels et de l’Image Fixe - SAIF – is a non-trading company which purpose is to defend, collect and distribute the rights of visual arts authors. It perceives collective rights (private audiovisual and digital copies, reprography, cable broadcasting and public lending rights) on behalf of its authors and also manage artists’ individual rights (audiovisual, internet, resale, reproduction and public display rights). It now represents over 8000 artists from all visual arts: architects, designers, photographers, cartoonists, illustrators, graphic designers, painters, sculptors, … Since its creation, SAIF has worked to defend and protect authors’ intellectual property rights and kept up an ongoing dialogue with broadcasters as well as national and international institutions to make authors’ voices heard. It also plays an important role in the artistic and cultural vitality in France by supporting actions regarding artistic creation, work diffusion, artists’ formation and artistic and cultural education development. It also provides its author with SAIF images, an online image bank that enables them to put their work forward and spread it while respecting their rights.