The CISAC expressed concern about the decrees of the government that deregulate collective management and warned about the impact on the cultural industry. “They put at risk a system that worked for more than 100 years,” said the entity.
He Board of Directors of the International Confederation of Authors and Composers Societies (CISAC) He launched a warning to the Argentine government on the negative effects that could cause the recent modifications to the Copyright Management System. In a formal resolution, the international organization – which groups societies of authors and composers around the world – asked the Executive Power Preserve an efficient and fair system for rights holders intellectuals
The pronouncement arises after the analysis of the decrees 765/2024, 138/2025 and 150/2025issued by the Executive between August 2024 and February 2025, which promoted a strong deregulation of the traditional collective management regime in Argentina. According to the CISAC, these changes could negatively affect the authors, composers and the entire value chain of the cultural industry.
“A stable system that worked for more than a century”
Argentine entities Sadaic, Argentores and AADI-CAPIFhistorically in charge of administering intellectual property rights in their respective repertoires, they are also part of the CISAC. From the organization they stressed that these local entities They meet the highest international standards of transparency, responsibility and governance.
In its resolution, the CISAC warned that The proliferation of new licensed management entities could fragment the system and harm both authors and users. “For more than 100 years, the Argentine model operated with a single entity by category, which guaranteed efficiency, traceability and fair remuneration,” they said.
The Constitution and Law 11.723: Legal support for intellectual property
From the CISAC they recalled that the right to intellectual property is expressly protected in article 17 of the National Constitution and regulated by the Law 11,723which gives the authors the exclusive right over their works.
“Thanks to the collective management in force in Argentina, the authors have been able to obtain a fair remuneration for the use of their creative worksmanaged by organizations with a fiduciary duty to act in favor of its members, ”they explained.
A call to dialogue and balanced regulation
As an example, the CISAC said that In many countries, collective management entities operate under de facto or jure monopoly regimeswhich does not imply lack of control, but adequate legal supervision that guarantees efficiency and transparency. “It’s not about eliminating competition, but preventing deregulation from ending harming the creator himself,” they said.
The Confederation asked the Argentine Government prevent the new regulatory framework from weakening the rights of the authors and the protection of their works in a market already affected by multiple challenges. “A poorly designed system can end up being functional to the most powerful commercial interests, and not those that produce the content,” they concluded.
Source: Ambito
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