Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas, A.C. (English: Mexican association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms, A.C.)

It groups the phonographic companies that represent more of the 70 percent of the market in Mexico. It's an organization without aims of profit integrated by multinational and national record companies. Established on April 3rd of 1963.^[1] The word multinational can refer to: A Multinational corporation A Multinational State This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... National can refer to: Look up national in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...

Associated member of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) that is and organization that promotes the interests of the International Record Industry. Their members include more than 1,400 separate companies in more than 70 countries. Also it has national groups affiliated with the industry in 48 countries. IFPI's mission is to fight against the piracy; to promote right markets of access and laws of copyright; To develop the legal conditions and the technologies so that the recording industry prospers in the digital era; and to promote the value of music. The International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram Producers (IFPI) is an international record industry organization based in Zurich, Switzerland. ...

History

In need to create an organization to represent the rights and interests of the producers of phonograms in Mexico on April 3rd 1963, a Civil Association called Phonographic Discs Producers (AMPRODISC).

The members were:^[2]

• Compañía Importadora de Discos, S.A.
• CBS de Mexico, S.A.
• Discos Mexicanos, S.A.
• Fábrica de Discos Peerless, S.A.
• GAMMA, S.A.
• Panamericana de Discos, S.A.
• RCA Victor Mexicana, S.A.

On July 26th 1971, the name was changed to Mexican Phonogram Producers Association (Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas), and, as a result of the music video releases, on May 3rd 1990 the name was changed to Mexican association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms (AMPROFON), its current name.

References

External links

• Official Site