Asociación Argentina de Interpretes

What Asociación Argentina de Interpretes does

Asociación Argentina de Intérpretes (AADI) is a non-profit civil association founded in 1954 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, operating under Article 56 of Argentine Law 11.723 (the so-called Ley Noble) and the implementing Decrees 1670/74 and 1671/74. Its mandate is to perceive, administer, and distribute equitable remuneration owed to performing artists - including musicians, singers, conductors, and cinematic actors - for the public use of their recorded performances and audiovisual works via radio, television, cinema, public venues, and digital platforms. The organization is governed by an elected Consejo Directivo, currently serving the 2025-2029 term under President Juan Carlos Cirigliano, and functions as the sole Argentine collective management society specifically for performers (as distinct from authors/composers).

AADI operates on a licensing-and-royalty revenue model in which it collects from music users and redistributes to member performers. Its member-facing technology stack is modest: an online portal at forms.aadim.org.ar for declarations and registrations, a member directory (Guía Musical), and digital publications (InformAADI, InformAADI Digital, Notas sin Pentagrama). Distribution is delivered through a central Buenos Aires headquarters plus a 14-province delegate network covering Argentina. AADI is a founding-affiliate and current Vice Presidency 1st holder in FILAIE, the Ibero-Latin American federation that provides reciprocal royalty collection across Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and other jurisdictions.

The organization supplements royalty administration with cultural programming, including the Biblioteca Leopoldo Federico library, the Testimonios biographical book series, training programs, and the AADI Haciendo Caminos and musical cycle initiatives. As of mid-2026, AADI is executing a notable organizational restructuring following the General Assembly Extraordinary in May 2026, including the dissolution of the AADI-CAPIF joint collection vehicle that had been in place since 1974.

Name

Asociación Argentina de Interpretes

Legal name

Asociación Argentina de Intérpretes

Website

https://aadim.org.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AADI is the Argentine non-profit collective management society founded in 1954 that administers interpretation rights and distributes equitable remuneration to member performing artists for public use of their recorded performances, under Argentine Law 11.723, with reciprocal reach across Ibero-Latin America via FILAIE.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Performance Rights Administration: AADI collects equitable remuneration from the public use of recorded music (phonograms), television broadcasts, cinema exhibitions, and other forms of diffusion. This revenue is then distributed to member performing artists based on their registered performances. The organization also collects through AADI-CAPIF (joint collection entity for performers and phonogram producers) and participates in international royalty exchanges through FILAIE.

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Core offering

Asociación Argentina de Intérpretes (AADI) is a nonprofit collective management society that administers the intellectual property rights (neighboring rights) of performing artists in Argentina. It collects equitable remuneration from the public communication and reproduction of recorded music across broadcasters, cinemas, concert venues, and digital platforms, and distributes these royalties to its member musicians, singers, and actors. It also represents foreign performers in Argentina through reciprocal agreements with international rights societies.

Product overview

AADI is a collective management society for performers' rights that offers a unified platform of services including an online member portal for registration and declarations, a musical directory for member networking, a specialized music library, event calendars, and multiple publications (InformAADI, InformAADI Digital, Notas sin Pentagrama, and Testimonios books). The organization also provides cultural programs and trainings for members.

Differentiator

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Brands

• InformAADI: AADI's institutional bulletin publication, available in printed and digital formats.
• Notas sin Pentagrama
• Testimonios AADI
• Biblioteca Leopoldo Federico

Products and services

• Collective Licensing and Royalty Distribution for Performing Artists

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FILAIE (Federación Iberolatinoamericana de Artistas Intérpretes y Ejecutantes)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1981FILAIE was founded in November 1991 (originally as FLAIE in 1981) with AADI playing a leading role in its formation. AADI currently holds the position of Vice President 1º and manages the Treasurer role in FILAIE's board. The federation represents performing artists across Spain, Portugal, and Latin America, enabling AADI members to collect royalties from international performances and participate in a global rights exchange network. FILAIE has achieved consultative status at OMPI (WIPO).

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SoundExchange: US-based collective management organization that collects and distributes digital performance royalties for sound recording copyright owners and performing artists. Directly comparable to AADI in function (rights administration for performers), with analogous revenue model and member-association structure, but operating at much larger US market scale.
• ADAMI: French CMO for performing artists (artistes-interprètes) that collects and distributes neighboring rights royalties from public use of recorded music. Direct functional peer to AADI in performer rights administration within a single national market.
• GVL (Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten): German CMO administering neighboring rights for performers and phonogram producers. Operates the same collective rights management model as AADI in a single national market, with international reciprocity arrangements.
• PPCA (Phonographic Performance Company of Australia): Australian CMO that licenses recorded music for public performance and broadcasts, distributing royalties to recording rights holders and performers. Direct functional peer to AADI in single-market performer rights collection.
• PPL (Phonographic Performance Limited): UK-based CMO that collects royalties for performers and recording rights holders when their music is played in public or broadcast. Directly comparable to AADI in mandate and member-driven governance, though operating in a larger and more mature market.

Regional players

• AGADU (Asociación General de Autores del Uruguay): Uruguayan collective rights management organization for authors, composers and performers. Comparable to AADI as a Latin American national CMO operating under similar copyright frameworks, though it covers broader rights categories.
• SCD (Sociedad Chilena del Derecho de Autor): Chilean CMO administering author and performer rights. Comparable to AADI in regional context as a Latin American national collective rights organization, though it covers both authors and performers.

Broad incumbents

• CAPIF (Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas): Argentine trade body representing phonogram and videogram producers — formerly AADI's joint collection partner through AADI-CAPIF. Operates in the same Argentine music rights ecosystem on the producer side of the performer-producer dichotomy that AADI administers.
• SADAIC (Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música): Argentine CMO for authors and composers, analogous to AADI but administering the author/composer rights rather than performer rights under Law 11.723. Sibling organization in the same Argentine rights ecosystem.

Others

• FILAIE (Federación Ibero Latinoamericana de Artistas Intérpretes y Ejecutantes): Ibero-Latin American federation of performer CMOs, founded with AADI's leadership and where AADI holds Vice Presidency 1°. Not a competitor but a federative ecosystem participant; relevant for understanding AADI's international positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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