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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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Music-swapping site Grokster to shut down under settlement
- 2005-11-07
WASHINGTON AFP — Grokster, the music-swapping website that became a flashpoint in the legal battle over copyright protection on the Internet, will shut down its service under a settlement with the US music industry, it was announced. Grokster will stop distributing its peer-to-peer (P2P) software that had been blamed...
Music industry sues 784 users of Kazaa, Grokster, LimeWire
- 2005-06-29
WASHINGTON AFP — The Recording Industry Association of America filed a new series of complaints against US-based users of peer-to-peer software distributors Kazaa, Grokster and LimeWire. The move came two days after the US Supreme Court ruled networks such as Grokster may be held liable for infringement if they...
Who's liable for actions of people who share?
- 2005-03-28
LOS ANGELES -- Singer-songwriter Janis Ian has lived through vinyl albums, cassette tapes, eight-track cartridges, compact discs and now, digitized music that is swapped illicitly or bought on the Internet. The Internet, including the unauthorized song-swapping services at the heart of a fight heading to the Supreme Court on...
File-share snare.(Brief Article)
- 2004-09-09
Sep 09, 2004 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) The stoush over the online sharing of music files continues in the US. The FBI has raided five locations linked to a group known as the Underground Network. The Recording Industry Association of America has ...
You win again: as president of Grokster for a year, Wayne Rosso revelled in confounding the record industry's attempts to close down P2P file sharing--and he hasn't stopped yet.
- 2003-10-30
Wayne Rosso is not so much an interviewer's dream as he is a walking soundbyte. In just over' 12 months as president of Grokster, a one time unknown peer-to-peer play on the FastTrax network, his unique mixture of outrageous, hilarious and acerbic verbal attacks on the record industry have helped...
Who are the crooks in the fight over online music? The RIAA is shifting targets in its attempts to prevent people sharing music online. But is legal action the way to go?. (Analysis)
- 2003-07-03
The news that the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA has trained its guns on the general public for the first time in its latest bid to combat copyright piracy has been received with mixed reactions from all sides of the industry. The reason is clear enough. For...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Shutdown of Aimster File-Swapping Service.
- 2003-07-01
By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 1--A federal appeals court in Chicago yesterday upheld an injunction that shut down the file-sharing service Aimster to stop its users from illegally swapping copyrighted music recordings. The...
Music Labels Plan Web Dragnet.
- 2003-06-26
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 26--The Recording Industry Association of America said that beginning today it will launch a massive electronic dragnet to gather evidence against those who use Kazaa, Grokster and other...
US judgement clears P2P networks of music industry's piracy charges. (Analysis)
- 2003-05-01
In a blow to the music industry's attempt to crack down on illegal file sharing, Grokster and Streamcast have been declared legal services and not responsible for any illicit material distributed by their users. They now hope they can win back advertisers. The news last week that a...
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...
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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 |
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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 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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