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
Recent Events
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Music Industry Targets Latest Lawsuits on Colleges.
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 24--The music industry turned its legal cannon on academia Tuesday, suing 89 people accused of illegally trading music online at Stanford University, UC-Berkeley and 19 other colleges. ...
Music File Swappers Prevail in Ruling.
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--A federal court Friday blocked the recording industry from easily obtaining the names of music downloaders from Internet service providers. That means the secret identities of thousands of...
Record Labels Give File Sharers Option to Settle.
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 18--The recording industry opened a fresh salvo against online file swapping this week, warning 204 people that they will be sued for illegally downloading music. ...
Suing Music Downloaders Appears to Be Working.
By Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 30--Where pleas from Britney Spears and Metallica failed, a flurry of legal threats seem to be doing the trick: Music downloaders are fleeing file-swapping services in droves, and convenient...
Recording Industry's Suit Against 12-Year-Old Girl Could Hurt Cause.
By Sam Diaz, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 15--The music industry could have been seen as a victim -- a generations-old industry being robbed blind by thieves depriving hard-working artists of their livelihoods. But the...
Suits over Music File Sharing Spark Backlash.
San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 10--Record industry lawsuits, filed Monday in an effort to curb sharing of copyrighted music over the Internet, instead may have sparked a backlash among music lovers -- many of whom aren't even ...
Record Labels Sue Music-File Sharers.
San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 9--Vonnie Bassett of Redwood City has never downloaded a song from the Internet and she's never burned a music CD. But she has a 17-year-old son. And like most other kids his...
Music Industry Slams Internet Service Providers with Subpoenas.
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 20--The music industry has obtained at least 871 federal subpoenas in the past month to go after people who illegally trade music over the Internet. ...
Music Labels Plan Web Dragnet.
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 26--The Recording Industry Association of America said that beginning today it will launch a massive electronic dragnet to gather evidence against those who use Kazaa, Grokster and other...
Music Labels Launch Anti-Piracy Salvo via Instant Messaging.
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 30--The music industry started sending the first of a million instant messages Tuesday to computer users it suspects of trading pirated music. The automated messages...
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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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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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