BNET Industries
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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Music Piracy: Is Downloading Music Ethical?
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...
San Jacinto College Seeks to Protect Against Threats Introduced by Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
Houston College Selects Mirage to Secure Campus Networks AUSTIN, Texas -- Mirage Networks, developer of full-cycle Network Access Control NAC solutions, today announced that San Jacinto College in Houston has implemented Mirage's NAC technology across three campuses to maintain network uptime and availability in part by curtailing peer-to-peer (P2P)...
Altnet Settles Music Industry Patent Infringement Case
SHERMAN OAKS, Calif. -- In 2004, Altnet, its parent company Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc., and Kinetech, Inc., a patent licensing company, launched a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court alleging patent infringements by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA, Loudeye Corp., Overpeer Inc., Media Sentry now part of SafeNet...
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...
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 - it's a cause....
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...
Dynamic analysis of an institutional conflict: copyright owners against online file sharing
Online music-sharing networks have been used by millions of people since they first appeared in 1999 (Leuf 2002; Associated Press 2004). The popularity of peer-to-peer (P2P) technology and the low-cost music distribution channel it created threaten the dominant position of a small number of large firms in the commercial music...
CORPORATE LIABILITY FOR ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING OF COPYRIGHTED MUSIC
This article deals with, the liability of corporations when their employees download copyrighted material. It discusses the basis for copyright protection and for the legal doctrine of respondeat superior, which holds employers liable for the acts of their employees. Concrete recommendations for avoiding problems are included.Some organizations allow their employees...
RIAA seeking Morrisville music pirates
MORRISVILLE - The recording industry has again filed suit against anonymous, alleged music pirates it believes are located at Morrisville State College.Eight record companies are seeking injunctive relief, attorney's fees, and damages against two alleged music pirates known only by their Internet Protocol IP addresses. The addresses identified with the...
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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| 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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