It was through Decree 143/2025, published in the Official Gazette, new rules to receive and administer the remuneration.
After the possibility for the artists to administer their copyright directly, without intermediaries, the government established a regulation that allows national and international interpreterstogether with its legal heirs, receive and manage economic compensation for public reproduction, transmission or broadcast of their interpretations recorded in phonograms and available on disks or other formats.
The provision was formalized through the Decree 143/2025published in the Official Gazette with the president’s signatures Javier Mileithe chief of cabinet Guillermo Francos and the Minister of Justice Mariano Cúneo Libarona.
“Freedom and autonomy” for artists and producers
According to the Government, this measure adapts the regime of representation of audiovisual creators, performers, actors, dancers and musicians, both national and foreign, so that they can collect and manage the income contemplated by Law No. 11,723. This covers any modality of exploitation, use or public communication of their recorded works In different supports.
With these regulations, artists have the option of being represented by collective management organizations enabled to negotiate with third parties the collection, allocation and distribution of the income generated. However, too They may sign private agreements with entities or people interested in using their works, which preserves their freedom to directly manage their productions without mandatory intervention.
The decree establishes that collective management organizations may not interfere with the agreements that the rights holders directly hold with third parties, guaranteeing the independence of the artists to handle their works without additional charges by these entities.
Impact on collective management entities
In addition, the document indicates that phonograms producers, whether national or international, whose works are reproduced or used in the country, have the option of being represented by authorized collective management entities, but retain the right to make particular arrangements autonomously.
On the other hand, management organizations They must adapt their internal statutes To align with these new rules, which will impact their collection processes, distribution of resources and definition of rates.
Finally, the decree establishes that the contributions that users make to these entities must be distributed among the legitimate holders of the rights, in accordance with a predefined distribution system in the bylaws and respecting the current regulations, as stipulated by the Decree 138/25.
Source: Ambito
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