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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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Jay Berman & Hilary Rosen, Experts in Media & Entertainment, Reunite With New Partnership, Berman Rosen Global Strategies
- 2006-02-02
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Internationally recognized experts in the media and entertainment industry, former Recording Industry Association of America RIAA leaders Jay Berman and Hilary Rosen today announced the formation of a new partnershiWASHINGTON, Feb. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Internationally recognized experts in the media and entertainment industry,...
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...
Tech and entertainment differ on P2P
- 2004-11-15
P2P is all about increasingly gutsy clients challenging the dominance of the mainframe or switch. If the entire story of the Internet could be put in a sentence, that's about it. We know this has impacted massively on the telecom business. But it's also disrupted innumerable other parts of...
Sides spar in D.C. over P2P bill.(Piracy)(lawmakers are scrutinizing the entertainment industry's tough tactics in pursuing peer-to-peer file traders)
- 2003-09-22
WASHINGTON--Entertainment industry officials and Internet service providers clashed on Capitol Hill last week as lawmakers stepped up their scrutiny of the industry's tough tactics in pursuing peer-to-peer file traders. At a Senate Commerce C WASHINGTON--Entertainment industry officials and...
The Pirates Among Us
- 2003-04-15
To this day, the CIO of a well-respected research organization in California has no idea how someone hacked into his company's computer systems and used them to store and transmit pirated movies and music. He's not even sure how the Motion Picture Association of America MPAA learned about the crime...
Musicians get vocal: coalition looking to fight for artists' rights - Business News
- 2003-04-01
While the recording industry continues to reel from a sales slump caused by sluggish economic conditions and increased piracy, a new threat is emerging as an artist advocacy group looks to put the legal rights of artists--many of whom are African American--on their agendas. The nonprofit Artist Empowerment Coalition...
Entertainment Industry Pursues Copyright Claims against Numerous Users.
- 2003-03-22
By Jonathan Sidener, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 22--Movie industry consultants dragged the fictional protagonist into the post- Napster file-sharing controversy when they peeked into the hard drive of one family's computer and spotted a file containing...
US entertainment bodies close net on P2P file share renegades. (International).
- 2002-09-19
Illegal P2P sites KaZaA, MusicCity and Grokster are being sued for copyright infringement by music and film bodies, in the same week as former renegade Napster was offered for sale to a porn company. In the surest sign yet that the days of illegal P2P file sharing are...
Aaron Carter's Aaron's Party -Come Get It- Certified Double Platinum
- 2001-04-19
Entertainment & Music Editors NEW YORK--ENTERTAINMENT WIRE--April 19, 2001 Aaron Carter's Aaron's Party Come Get It #4 On Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart Aaron's Party Come Get It, the debut Jive Records CD from Aaron Carter, has been certified 2X Platinum by The RIAA. Since it's...
Hollywood, Calif.-Area Online Music Firm Strikes Deal with Recording Labels.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- 2000-08-23
Aug. 24--While the big dogs of the online music world haggle with the recording industry over fees for songs, upstart Soundbreak.com broke from the pack and cut a deal. At issue is how much online radio and musical entertainment sites like West Hollywood-based Soundbreak...
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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 |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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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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