In collaboration with: Santiago Schuster (Chile), Marcelo di Pietro (Argentina), Alejo Barrenechea (Argentina), Mónica Boretto (Argentina), Víctor Drummond (Brazil), Wachowicz (Brazil), Rodrigo Lavados (Chile), Santiago Cabrera Santos (Colombia), Wachowicz (Brazil) and Fernando Zapata López (Colombia), Ana Coto Orozco (Costa Rica), Erick Sampson (Costa Rica), José Ramón Cardeno Shaadi (Mexico) Carmen Arteaga (Mexico), Sylvia Almeida (Peru), Eduardo de Freitas (Uruguay), Marcos.

The system of collective management of copyright and related rights is one of the central elements for the development of the creative industry in the region and, as such, requires particular attention due to its legal and economic complexity. The intermediation carried out by a collective society between rights holders and users of such rights produces benefits and efficiencies for both parties due to the simplification it offers and, as a result, for society as a whole, due to its impact on the growth of the creative industry, as well as on the development and promotion of culture in a globalised environment. In this last aspect, it is important to point out the growth of Latin American music in the world market. On that basis, this study analyses the different elements that make up the system of collective management of copyright and related rights in eight Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay), selected for their regulatory diversity and economic relevance for the region. The examination of the legal and economic structure of the collective management system makes it possible to obtain this comparative parameter with a regional perspective, and the idea is that its result will serve as a working tool for the actors that make up the market, the general public and, fundamentally, those in charge of designing public policies in each country.