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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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Record pirates get an offer.
- 2003-09-08
Sep 07, 2003 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) The Recording Industry Association of America has indicated plans for an amnesty program for online file sharers. Under the amnesty, those eligible would have to delete all their downloaded songs and destroy any compact...
Music swappers seeking secrecy
- 2003-08-18
LOS ANGELES -- As the recording industry prepares hundreds of copyright lawsuits against online music swappers, the makers of file- sharing software are fortifying their programs to try to mask users' identities. Some of the upgrades reroute Internet connections through so- called proxy servers that scrub away cybertracks....
Brawl over online music spawns secure software
- 2003-07-24
LOS ANGELES -- As the recording industry prepares hundreds of copyright lawsuits against online music swappers, the makers of file- sharing software are fortifying their programs to try to mask users' identities. Some of the upgrades reroute Internet connections through so- called proxy servers that scrub away...
Rock Band Third Day Joined Daytona 500 Winner Michael Waltrip, John Travolta, Kelly Preston and Evander Holyfield for Daytona 500 Weekend Events
- 2003-02-18
Entertainment Editors/Music & Sports Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 18, 2003 Mac Powell Performed National Anthem Live on Fox Sports Four-time GRAMMY nominated, Atlanta-based rock band Third Day, performed a post-race concert following the season opener for the NASCAR...
Lil' Kim Jumps Back With ``The Jump Off''; Timbaland-Produced Single Features Mr. Cheeks; New Album, ``LA BELLA MAFIA,'' Due March 4th
- 2003-01-21
Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 21, 2003 Queen Bee/Big Entertainment/Atlantic recording artist Lil' Kim returns to the musical forefront with the release of her eagerly awaited new single, "The Jump Off," which ships to radio this week. Produced by Timbaland (Missy Elliot, Aaliyah, Jay-Z, Ginuwine), the track --...
American Record Chiefs Silence Academic Code-Crackers.
- 2001-04-29
By Jat Gill, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 29--American record executives have stopped academics revealing how to crack top-secret technology to protect online music against copying. Edward Felten, a Princeton University researcher and leader of a ...
The Three Ring Circus of MP3, CE and SDMI.
- 2000-06-01
A good laugh. That's the first thing you'll get when you ask industry insiders what's been happening with MP3 music and the Internet. The news in this industry has been a soap opera of lawsuits, private investigations and name-calling. But as laughable as...
HEWLETT-PACKARD: HP selects In-house Design Team of ththe Year from more than 2,000 registrants across US.
- 1999-10-27
M2 PRESSWIRE-27 October 1999-HEWLETT-PACKARD: HP selects In-house Design Team of the Year from more than 2,000 registrants across the United States C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:261099 * Winners Represent Multiple Industries, Including Toy Manufacturing, Technology, Fashion and Entertainment ...
the litigation ledger - Brief Article
- 1999-08-01
Recording Industry Association of America RIAA v. Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. The RIAA suffered a major setback in its efforts to stifle sales of Diamond Multimedia's Rio MP300 MP3 player--which downloads and stores music posted to the Internet--when a federal appeals court ruled June 15 that the device does...
Secure Digital Music's "MP3-Killer" Spec Published
- 1999-07-14
Eight months after it got to work, the Secure Digital Music Initiative SDMI has published its open standard for manufacturers to use to develop portable devices for playing digital music. Sponsored by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA, the SDMI spec has been devised as a two-stage process for...
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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 |
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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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