Siae
| Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori | |
Siae Official Logo
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Zone of Influence
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| Formation | 1882 |
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| Type | Corporation |
| Purpose | Collection and distribution of copyright royalties |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
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Region served
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Italy |
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Key people
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Filippo Sugar (President), Gaetano Blandini (Director-general) |
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Budget
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 –0,31 millions € operating result
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Staff
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1268 |
| Website | siae.it |
SIAE (English: Italian Society of Authors and Publishers, Italian: Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori) is the Italian copyright collecting agency. Founded in 1882 in the Kingdom of Italy, it is the monopolist intermediary between the authors of musical tracks and consumers, managing the economic aspects and the distribution of money from royalties of Italian-copyrighted music to authors and on their behalf. In the 2000s and 2010s, SIAE is known for the controversial decision to claim payment through the "Private Copy Siae Tax" for every blank CD, DVD, and HDD sold in Italy since 2001. From 2013 to February 2015, the main spokesperson of the SIAE organization was the songwriter Gino Paoli, who was the president of the society. Paoli resigned after he was investigated for tax evasion; the current president is Filippo Sugar, president of the music label Sugar Music Spa.
The SIAE was founded by a selfmade statute in Milan, Kingdom of Italy, on 23 April 1882. Among the first notably names to join the Corporation there were the Italian poet Giosuè Carducci (1835–1907) and the Italian musician Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901). SIAE is ruled by the law Siae Copyright, no.633/1941 in 1941, emanated in Rome, Kingdom of Italy.
In February 2015, Police raided the residence of the President of the SIAE association Gino Paoli to probe an illicit two millions euro transfer to a Swiss bank in 2009 for tax evasion.
After the dimission of the former SIAE President for tax evasion investigation, SIAE elected as new president Filippo Sugar.
The new SIAE president said that SIAE isn't meant for grant equal rights for everyone, he is also the owner of the music label Sugar Music Spa; Italians considered this fact as a problem, because it's a conflict of interest.
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