Guatemalan Association of the Phonogram Producers Industry and Related

AGINPRO is a Guatemalan collective management organization for recorded music, founded in 2004. It licenses public establishments, events, radio and TV to use recorded music, then distributes the generated rights among record labels and artists associated with Aginpro and Musicartes. It operates through an international network of reciprocity contracts with counterpart licensing centers and collective management societies in various countries, and also collects income from abroad when its Guatemalan members' music is played elsewhere. Its active associates include Sony Music, Warner Music, Universal Music, and numerous independent labels.

AGINPRO was constituted in 2004 with the motivation of ensuring that those who invest their time, talent and financial resources to record music are duly remunerated for their work. It describes itself as the Guatemalan licensing center for recorded music, representing the world's most important record labels and thousands of artists through its interinstitutional agreement with MUSICARTES. Its license authorizes public establishments, events, radio, TV, etc., to use recorded music, after which the generated rights are distributed among the record labels and artists and musicians associated with Aginpro and Musicartes. This is done through an international network of reciprocity contracts with other licensing centers and counterpart collective management societies in various countries. It also receives income from these other countries when the music of its Guatemalan associates is heard in different parts of the world. The organization states it is committed to providing excellent customer service without obtaining any profit from providing this service; after deducting previously authorized and audited operating costs, the generated rights are distributed fairly and efficiently to the record labels and performers it represents according to the use of their repertoire.

Guatemalan licensing center for recorded music representing the world's most important record labels and thousands of artists through an interinstitutional agreement with MUSICARTES.

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