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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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Media Roundup: Universal's YouTube Profits, RIAA Stops Suing, and More
BNET
- 2008-12-19
Today's roundup: Universal Music seeing tens of millions from YouTube, RIAA to stop suing users, Glam Media cuts salaries, and EA lays off 10 percent of its workforce. by Sean Blanda
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...
U. campus targeted in music piracy
- 2008-05-24
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
- 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 opposes fair use bill: recording industry trade group fears piracy.(LEGAL)
- 2007-05-01
With the popularity of sites such as YouTube, there's been a lot of talk lately about the concept of fair use. A new bill in the U.S. Congress aimed at protecting fair use rights for consumers of copyrighted material, however, would "legalize hacking," in the words...
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...
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...
RIAA chief says illegal song-sharing 'contained'
- 2006-06-13
LOS ANGELES -- Nearly a year after the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling against online music file-sharing services, the CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America says unauthorized song swapping has been "contained." "The problem has not been eliminated," says association CEO Mitch Bainwol. "But we believe...
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....
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 | |
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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 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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