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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$17.5M
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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its mission is to foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes our members' creative and financial vitality. Its members are the record companies that comprise the most vibrant national music industry in the world. RIAA members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States. In support of this mission, the RIAA works to protect intellectual property rights worldwide and the First Amendment rights of artists; conducts consumer, industry and technical research; and monitors and reviews state and federal laws, regulations and policies. The RIAA also certifies Gold , Platinum , Multi-Platinum , and Diamond sales awards, as well as Los Premios De Oro y Platino , an award celebrating Latin music sales. We are located at 1025 F ST N.W., 10th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20004. You can contact us at 202/775-0101. RIAA has implemented ACAP. For more information, please visit http://www.the-acap.org.
Chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America
Mitch BainwolNumber of Employees 74
Contact Information
1025F St NW Fl 10
Washington, District of Columbia 20004
1 202 775 0101
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NAICS Code All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing: 339999
Recent Events
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Music industry group resumes anti-piracy campaign on college campuses
- 2007-10-18
In its ongoing campaign to fight illegal sharing of digital music files, the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA has marked the launch of the 2007-08 academic year by sending 403 pre-litigation settlement letters to 22 U.S. universities. Sent on behalf of major record companies, the letters allege evidence that...
Jobs, RIAA tit for tat on DRM underscores fragmented music biz.(Upfront)
- 2007-02-12
Byline: COLIN GIBBS The fight against digital rights management gained an unlikely backer as Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs called for record companies to offer music without anti-piracy software. Jobs, in an open letter posted on...
Los Angeles-area raids nab $200 million in counterfeit entertainment materials.
- 2004-12-16
Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 16--In the largest counterfeit movie and music bust in U.S. history, pirated DVDs, CDs and video games representing potential losses of $200 million to companies were confiscated Wednesday in raids in Los Angeles...
File-Sharing Crackdown Hits Workplace; Recording Industry Fights Music Piracy.
- 2004-01-05
By Ann S. Kim, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 5--So far, the recording industry's legal assault on copyright infringement has targeted people suspected of swapping files through university computer systems or conventional Internet service providers...
Various Organizations Criticize Recording Industry's Anti-Piracy Effort.
- 2003-06-30
By Tom McGhee, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 30--The recording industry's attempt to close the door on free online music swapping has privacy advocates singing the blues, retail watchers questioning the industry's wisdom, and some Internet providers wondering about...
Music Labels Launch Anti-Piracy Salvo via Instant Messaging.
- 2003-04-30
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 30--The music industry started sending the first of a million instant messages Tuesday to computer users it suspects of trading pirated music. The automated messages...
Music and computer industries in piracy pact. (Vid Bits).(Brief Article)
- 2003-01-20
The record business and Silicon Valley have announced a peace treaty that could reshape the debate over the role Capitol Hill should play in mandating antipiracy technology being sought by Hollywood. That could make it more difficult for the movie The record business...
Report: Napster in Talks With Microsoft
BNET
- 2001-05-04
File-Swapping Service Napster is reportedly in talks with Microsoft to use the software maker's music copyright protection technology. The Los Angeles Times reported Friday that Napster hopes to use Microsoft's anti-piracy technology to persuade the music industry to allow songs that it has restricted the file-trading service from listing. Microsoft...
Q&A With RIAA's Frank Creighton.(Recording Industry Association of America director of anti-piracy initiatives)
- 2001-02-01
Steve D'Onofrio talks with RIAA Director of Anti-Piracy Frank Creighton. Steve D'Onofrio talks with RIAA Director of Anti-Piracy Frank Creighton.
Piracy: It Costs More Than You Think.
- 2001-01-01
Legal and investigative costs surge along with piracy. The numbers alone seem orphaned from reality: $300 million lost to physical media piracy from the U.S. music business, and $4.1 billion lost globally, their ability to boggle the mind mitigated when divorced from an attendant...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
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| Jonathan Lamy | Senior Vice President, Communications |
| Rafael Fernandez | Vice President of Latin Music |
| Vox Lumania | Vice President Music Richter Records |
| Billy Corgan | |
| Edito Classica | |
| Elton John | |
| Garth Brooks | Artist |
| Prawn Song | |
| Red Seal | |
| Sparrow Kids |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Mitch Bainwol | Chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America |
| Glen Barros | Board of Directors |
| Jeff Harlestond | Board of Directors |
| Kevin Liles | Board of Directors |
| Lawrence Kenswil | Board of Directors |
| Mel Lewinter | Board of Directors |
| Michael Fleisher | Board of Directors |
| Michael Koch | Board of Directors |
| Zach Horowitz | Board of Directors |
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| Riaa | Chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America | Current |
| Supreme Court of the United States | Former | |
| Rice University | M.B.A. | Former |
| Georgetown University | Undergraduate Degree | Former |
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| Riaa | Senior Vice President, Communications | Current |
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| Riaa | Vice President of Latin Music | Current |
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| Riaa | Vice President Music Richter Records | Current |
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Garth Brooks is the highest-certified solo artist in U.S. music history according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). With over 100 million albums certified since 1989, Mr. Brooks is the fastest-selling album artist in RIAA history and is the only male artist in RIAA history to have four albums top the 10 million mark. Mr. Brooks recently received the RIAA's newest honor, the Diamond Award, for albums selling over 10 million units in the U.S. The four titles earning this distinction are: No Fences, Ropin' the Wind, The Hits, and Double Live.
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| The American Austrian Foundation Inc. | Founder and CEO Koch Entertainment | Current |
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