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RIAA

is in the Manufacturing Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$17.5M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

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 Bainwol
Number of Employees 74
Contact Information

1025F St NW Fl 10

Washington, District of Columbia 20004

www.riaa.com

1 202 775 0101

NAICS Code All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing: 339999

Recent Events

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News & Analysis

file-sharing and riaa - All News and Analysis

  • College students face lawsuits on file sharing

    - 2005-04-13

    LOS ANGELES -- The major record labels, in an ongoing battle about digital music piracy, on Tuesday announced plans to sue college students who use a super-high-speed campus network to share songs. The Recording Industry Association of America will file copyright infringement lawsuits against 405 students at 18 schools...

    Tags: file-sharing, lawsuit, network, RIAA

  • New file-sharing ventures start legit

    - 2005-03-28

    Amid legal wrangling, the latest twist in song-swapping is this: It's going legit. Former outlaw Shawn Fanning is working with the entertainment industry on his latest venture, Snocap. And he's teamed with former Grokster CEO Wayne Rosso, another onetime combatant with the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA. ...

    Tags: file-sharing, INTERNET, RIAA, Snocap

  • Net music piracy goes to high court

    - 2005-01-24

    The recording industry -- preparing for a Supreme Court showdown over online music piracy -- today files legal briefs to support its argument that operators of online song-swap networks should be liable for the actions of the people who use them. The Supreme Court hearing scheduled for March 29...

    Tags: file-sharing, INTERNET, network, Piracy, RIAA

  • Electronic music downloads: what's an industry to do?

    - 2005-01-01

    ABSTRACT Electronic music downloads EMDs continue to generate controversy in the recorded music industry. In the first years of the 21st century, sales of prerecorded CDs plummeted, and were blamed in part on peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing of songs by individuals. The Recording Industry Association of America RIAA has filed...

    Tags: CD, Cir, file-sharing, INTERNET, lawsuit, music, Napster Inc., P2P, RIAA, Sullivan, U.S. Senate

  • Freeze! Drop the song! File-swappers targeted

    - 2004-10-07

    Song-swappers beware: Lawmakers appear determined to put a serious dent in online file-sharing. Responding to the pleas of the recording industry -- which says music sales are still flagging despite a recent uptick -- politicians in both houses of Congress have passed a multitude of bills aimed at protecting...

    Tags: file-sharing, file-swapping, INTERNET, RIAA, U.S. Senate

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
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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Touch Em All Foundation Co-Founder Current
Riaa Artist Current
Touch Em All Foundation Artist Former

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The American Austrian Foundation Inc. Founder and CEO Koch Entertainment Current
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