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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
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Movie, Music Industries Kick Off Holiday Shopping Season With Anti- Piracy Blitz ; Industry Officials Offer Tips to Help Holiday Shoppers Avoid Illegal Goods
- 2006-11-20
To: National Desk, Entertainment ReporterContact: Kori Bernards or Elizabeth Kaltman, 818-995-6600, both of MPAA Los Angeles; additional contacts at bottomLOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As the holiday shopping season kicks off this week, the Motion Picture Association of America Inc. MPAA and the Recording Industry Association of America...
Usher cops top disc.(Wide Angle)(Brief Article)
- 2005-01-03
* RIAA has declared Usher's Confessions the top album of the year, having shipped 8 million copies to retail. Certified five times platinum, George Strait's 50 No. 1's was No. 2 overall and the highest country release. Eminem's Encore was certified * RIAA has...
DJ Clampdown: illicit turntablism
- 2004-05-01
THE MUSIC industry's copyright crackdown entered a new phase late last year. The Recording Industry Association of America RIAA is now pushing police to raid record stores that sell DJ mixes--CDs assembled by disc jockeys to advertise their ability to assemble other people's tracks into a danceable set. Selling...
New York Seizure in Music Piracy Is Largest.
- 2002-12-12
By William Glanz, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 12--Federal agents have shut down a music-piracy operation in New York capable of producing $90 million worth of illegal compact discs a year in the largest seizure ever of equipment to...
Recording Industry Trade Group Sues Sacramento, Calif., Flea-Market Owner.
- 2002-10-03
By Tom Nadeau, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 3--The recording industry trade group sued the owner of the Marysville Flea Market in Sacramento federal court Wednesday, accusing it of running a "pirate bazaar" for counterfeit compact discs. ...
Virginia Legislator Wants Companies to Label CDs Containing Copy Protection.
- 2002-05-20
By McGregor McCance, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 20--U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-9th, plans to propose a law that would require recording companies to label music CDs that contain copy-protection technology. The technology, embedded into CDs, prevents copying...
Legislator Wants Copy Protection Clearly Disclosed.
- 2002-05-18
By McGregor McCance, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18--U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-9th, plans to propose a law that would require recording companies to label music CDs that contain copy-protection technology. The technology, embedded into CDs, prevents copying...
Recording Industry Association of America has sued Technicolor Inc. (Noted).(Brief Article)
- 2002-04-08
The Recording Industry Association of America has sued Technicolor Inc. in Los Angeles federal court, alleging that the company's Camarillo, Calif., optical disc replication ... The Recording Industry Association of America has sued Technicolor Inc. in Los Angeles federal court, alleging that the company's...
The North American market: Barometer for the world. (North American Market).
- 2002-02-01
The United States continues to be the world's leading generator and consumer of entertainment media. Though much of the film industry and the music business are now owned by offshore corporations (the most recent being the acquisition of Universal by France's Vivendi), production and post production...
The New Hit Factory.(Miami)
- 2000-06-01
Miami is where Latino entertainment lives, but where's the infrastructure? In the year 2000, Miami and the South Florida region present entertainment culture pundits with an eerie parallel with the Nashville of 1992. Eight years ago, Nashville was a city whose indigenous music ...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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| 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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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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