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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
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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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U. campus targeted in music piracy
The music industry is tightening its grips on University of Utah students who they believe have pirated songs. Last week, the Recording Industry Association of America, a trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry, notified the university of its intent to sue individuals who it contends...
Music industry wins key victory in illegal US download trial
WASHINGTON AFP — The music industry has won a key legal victory in a US civil trial on illegal downloading, a case likely to send a strong message on piracy through cyberspace. In the first US trial to challenge the illegal downloading of music on the Internet, a single...
The RIAA means business
The Recording Industry Association of America RIAA launched a new offensive in its longstanding battle over illegal music downloads by sending more than 800 "pre-settlement litigation" letters to colleges and universities across the country in February and March. The letters, which are to be delivered by university administration, inform students...
Lawyers help consumers fight back against music industry
This article originally appeared in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - Nobody likes to take on a losing battle. But for a handful of lawyers across the country, defending consumers sued by the music industry for illegal downloading has become more than just a case -...
Lawyers fighting back against the recording industry
Nobody likes to take on a losing battle. But for a handful of lawyers across the country, defending consumers sued by the music industry for illegal downloading has become more than just a case - it's a cause. The music companies are engaging in gross and abusive behavior and the...
Music-swapping site Grokster to shut down under settlement
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...
Changing minds: the studios are trying to make peer-to-peer file trading socially (or at least parentally) frowned on.(Headliners)
WASHINGTON -- The Motion Picture Assn. of America won't say exactly how many people it sued last week for illegally swapping movies over the Interact. "We don't want to turn this into a numbers thing," a spokesman said, though the n...
Music industry, users reach deals on sharing
WASHINGTON -- The recording industry on Monday announced settlements with 52 of the 261 Internet users it sued over allegations they illegally permitted others to download music from their computers using popular file-sharing software. The Recording Industry Association of America, which plans to file hundreds more lawsuits in...
RIAA settles with file sharers
WASHINGTON -- The recording industry Monday announced settlements with 52 of the 261 Internet users it sued over allegations they illegally permitted others to download music from their computers using popular file-sharing software. The Recording Industry Association of America, which plans to file hundreds more lawsuits in...
Fort Worth, Texas-Area Target of Music-Industry Lawsuit Says He Is Scapegoat.
By Toni Heinzl, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 12--Cedric Lyons, 33, of Cedar Hill, one of 261 file sharers nationwide being sued, says he is fond of old songs. "If I just want one Barry White song, I don't...
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Decision Makers
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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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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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