Appendix 6 - International Music Council

e given to citizens of the particular country, or regulations along those lines?
Are there regulations that require that all applicants for subsidy must be
considered equally, whether citizens or foreigners? Or are there variants on
any of the above?
In general, information about subsidies is restricted.
Venezuela, Brasil, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, México and Honduras, although
national projects have priority, subsidy is available to nationals and non-nationals alike.
Argentina: As for the countries mentioned above, but Argentina gives primacy to classical
music. Secretaría de Cultura. Presidencia de la Nación - http://www.cultura.gov.ar
Uruguay: Gives primacy to national musicians. http://www.fonam.org.uy
Paraguay: The National Fund for Culture and Arts promotes equality of opportunities in
access to diverse cultural manifestations. Subsidies are given to national projects, even if
the artists are foreigners. http://www.fondec.gov.py / Consejo Paraguayo de la Música /
CIM.
México: The National Fund for Culture and Arts (FONCA) has an organized program to
encourage diverse music genres, such as traditional genres and classical music. This
program is open to Mexican citizens and in some cases to foreigners with a legal migratory
status. http://www.conaculta.gob.mx /CONACULTA.
Guatemala: There is legislation that stipulates that governmental subsidies must be given
only to Guatemalan citizens. Consejo Guatemalteco de la Música/CIM.
• What is the situation of copyright law in the countries in this region? Has it been
enacted? Is it enforced?
Copyright laws have been decreed in most of the countries. Some examples are:
Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Cuba, México, Colombia,
Venezuela, República Dominicana, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Perú,
Ecuador, Bolivia and Brasil.
Perú: The directory of authors and composers includes creators of diverse Creole genres
like waltzes, mariner music, black music, tropical, rock/ballads, boleros, fusion.
Nevertheless, according to internet information, it does not have classical music members
registered. http://www.apdayc.org.pe
México: The Authors and Composers Society has a strongly commercial criterion to the
payment of royalties, which are given depending on the quantity of sold copies per piece
and its popularity on media diffusion companies.
This has led to a problematic consequence for some groups of composers and for
composers of academic music, since it is a violation of their basic professional rights; so
they have to subscribe to foreign copyright societies, mainly in the United States and Spain.
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