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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$17.5M
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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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Paramore Unveils "The Final RIOT!"; CD/DVD Set Features Explosive Live Recordings, Plus Exclusive Documentary, "40 Days of RIOT!"; New Single, "Decode," Electrifies Online in Advance of "Twilight" Soundtrack Album;
- 2008-10-17
Fueled By Ramen recording group Paramore has announced details of their upcoming CD/DVD set, "The Final RIOT!" Filmed and recorded during the band's blockbuster 2008 summer tour, the two-disc package arrives in stores on November 25th. Having traveled nearly non-stop since the release of last year's RIAA platinum-certified...
Record Industry: The RIAA And Piracy Of Music
BNET
- 2008-08-14
The music industry has come to the point where they either need to start charging less, or start paying artists more. The answer is not more Digital Rights Management DRM or watermarking, it's making music available to everyone. There will likely always be piracy, when you put a DRM on...
Music Piracy: Is Downloading Music Ethical?
BNET
- 2008-08-02
The Recording Industry Association of America has been adamant in its attempt to curb peer-to-peer music downloading. In a rash of lawsuits against file-sharers, the RIAA claims to fight the noble fight, defending artists' revenue and intellectual property. The part that they leave out is that the only people who...
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...
Music industry group resumes anti-piracy campaign on college campuses
- 2007-10-18
In its ongoing campaign to fight illegal sharing of digital music files, the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA has marked the launch of the 2007-08 academic year by sending 403 pre-litigation settlement letters to 22 U.S. universities. Sent on behalf of major record companies, the letters allege evidence that...
Music industry wins key victory in illegal US download trial
- 2007-10-05
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...
RIAA Lawsuits - Will Suing College Kids "Save" The Music Industry
BNET
- 2007-07-18
The Recording Industry Association of America recently targeted illegal file sharing on 19 more campuses. It is sending "Pre-litigation" letters to universities, asking them to pass them on to students. These letters offer the chance for students to buy themselves out of lawsuits at a reduced rate. Essentially, they're telling...
Wanted: Music pirates
- 2007-03-04
The Recording Industry Association of America wants to find two UND students or employees who downloaded music illegally in the past few months, but UND officials said they no longer have records to identify who those two people are.The two UND computer users are part of a much larger case...
Schools, too, target music sharing
- 2007-02-23
WASHINGTON -- College students who faced lawsuits for illegally sharing large music collections over campus computer networks increasingly risk being unplugged from the Internet or even suspended over lesser complaints by the recording industry. In a nationwide crackdown, the music industry is sending thousands more copyright complaints to...
Jobs, RIAA tit for tat on DRM underscores fragmented music biz.(Upfront)
- 2007-02-12
Byline: COLIN GIBBS The fight against digital rights management gained an unlikely backer as Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs called for record companies to offer music without anti-piracy software. Jobs, in an open letter posted on...
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 |
| 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 |
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