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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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The Distraction of Transparency: an ACTA news Roundup
BNET
- 2009-11-25
Alerted in part by your letters and calls , Senators have begun to express concern over the secrecy and content of ACTA , while the MPAA , RIAA and other established groups rush to reassure them that ACTA — while of course they know...
Content and Consumer Electronics Industries Unite to Advocate Pro-International Trade Policymaking
- 2008-01-07
CEA, MPAA, RIAA Formally Ask Congress to Act LAS VEGAS -- The content and consumer electronics industries united around a policy issue driving both industries - international trade. Today, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA[R]), the Motion Picture Association of America MPAA and the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA...
Twenty-Six Arrest Orders Issued Today for Copyright Violations
- 2007-12-18
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Lymarie V. Llovet-Ayala of the Office of United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, District of Puerto Rico, +1- 787-282-1820 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In May 2007, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE agents, working in conjunction with U.S. Secret Service USSS, the Puerto...
Movie, Music Industries Kick Off Holiday Shopping Season With Anti- Piracy Blitz ; Industry Officials Offer Tips to Help Holiday Shoppers Avoid Illegal Goods
- 2006-11-20
To: National Desk, Entertainment ReporterContact: Kori Bernards or Elizabeth Kaltman, 818-995-6600, both of MPAA Los Angeles; additional contacts at bottomLOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As the holiday shopping season kicks off this week, the Motion Picture Association of America Inc. MPAA and the Recording Industry Association of America...
9 charged with selling pirated CDs, DVDs.(News)
- 2006-08-29
Byline: Jake Griffin Daily Herald Staff Writer Nine people face charges of selling illegal CDs and DVDs at Montana Charlie's flea market on Route 53 in Bolingbrook, Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow's office announced Monday. The nine were arrested Sunday following...
CEA Tells Court That Copyright Law Should Not Bar Google Search Feature; MPAA and RIAA Say Copyright Law Protects Pornographer
- 2006-07-24
ARLINGTON, Va. -- In an ongoing effort to defend fair use rights, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEAR) Friday filed an amicus brief defending Google in its current U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case. The brief argues that the Court should uphold the principal that fair use allows Google to...
IHEs get new warning on file piracy
- 2006-06-01
WE'VE WRITTEN A NUMBER OF TIMES about the problem of illegal file sharing on college and university networks. Several years ago when the issue first came onto the public radar, the conventional wisdom was that colleges and universities wouldn't be held liable for the activities of students on their networks....
RIAA, MPAA Launch Systematic Program to Curtail Campus LAN Piracy; Alert 40 University Presidents in 25 States of System Abuse
- 2006-04-27
WASHINGTON, April 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As part of the entertainment industry's efforts to address the ongoing theft of music and movies online by college students, the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA and the Motion Picture Association ofWASHINGTON, April 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As part of the entertainment industry's...
Studios suing students over file-swapping: MPAA, RIAA coordinate hundreds of legal actions.(Motion Picture Association of America, Recording Industry Association of America )
- 2005-04-18
The studios and record companies are taking legal aim at a new breed of file-trading networks that operate at lightning fast speed, allowing movies to be downloaded in as little as live minutes and reducing the transfer time for music files to mere The...
Changing minds: the studios are trying to make peer-to-peer file trading socially (or at least parentally) frowned on.(Headliners)
- 2004-11-22
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...
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 |
| The American Austrian Foundation Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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