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The situation is not new, contrary to what many media headlines on the subject suggest. Indeed, the payment of copyright by the General Funeral Directors , I'm sorry was put in place in 2006. The agreement between the two parties required the payment of 1,93 € by ceremony for the broadcast of the music. In 2019, the I'm sorry inflates its prices, and revises the package upwards by changing it to 3,33 Euros by ceremony. L'oFG (owner of Pfg) refuses to pay more, and even takes the Society of Authors to court to cancel the first contract of 2006. On January 31, three years later, the judicial court of Paris gave reason to the I'm sorry regarding music broadcast packages during funerals. The OFG is therefore ordered to reimburse 70 euros to the Sacem, 36 euros to the Company for the collection of fair remuneration (Spre), and 10 euros in damages to each of them. According to I'm sorry, “the royalties amount to less than 2 euros on a ceremony billed on average at 5 euros”. If there is indeed an exception to copyright in the family circle, as argued OGF, Me Pierre Perot, lawyer specializing in intellectual property and digital law, describes the court's decision as justified.
We are here in a case of public broadcasting of music by a company as part of a lucrative activity. We can therefore consider that the broadcasting of music is part of the service offered by OGF
