South American Independent Music Associations Join the JusticIA Coalition

26 September 2025 - Press release

Trade associations from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay, representing more than 200 independent music companies, join the JusticIA coalition

Joint declaration recognizes potential of Gen AI and calls for the protection and preservation of intellectual property rights throughout Latin America.

 

Associação Brasileira da Música Independente (ABMI), Asociación de sellos independientes de Argentina (ASIAr), Asociación Gremial Industria Musical Independiente de Chile (IMICHILE), and Asociación de la Música Independiente del Paraguay (AMI-PY) have joined the JusticIA coalition.

The four trade associations collectively represent over 200 independent music businesses across Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Paraguay. They are joining a cross-sectoral call of 40 creative organizations to governments, technology companies, and industry leaders to protect and preserve the intellectual property rights of authors, artists, producers, and publishers. 

In a joint declaration published at the end of August, the JusticIA coalition recognizes the great potential offered by AI and highlights that many of its members have already begun collaborating with responsible AI companies to support effective licensing models that respect creators’ copyright. For example, Merlin, the digital music licensing partner for independent record labels and distributors, recently announced a deal with ElevenLabs, a company dedicated to text-to-speech conversion and voice generation.

JusticIA calls for transparency from generative AI providers, including accurate and appropriate record-keeping and disclosure of the materials used to develop their models, as well as proper labeling of AI-generated content. This is in line with the WIN Principles for Generative AI, published by WIN in 2024. WIN, which brings together 37 trade associations from five continents representing more than 8,000 music companies, has also joined the coalition.