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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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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...
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...
New Mydoom worm targets music industry, Microsoft
- 2004-02-24
WASHINGTON AFP ? A new version of the Mydoom Internet worm is programmed to launch attacks from infected computers on Microsoft as well as the music industry's main US trade association, experts said. The MyDoom.F worm "contains a malicious payload which attempts to launch denial of service attacks against...
P-2-P faces court test in California
- 2004-02-09
The Recording Industry Association of America, backed by the National Music Publishers' Association and more than 20 film studios, is pleading its case before a California appeals court in Pasadena, hoping for a ruling that will end copyright infringement by outlawing file-sharing technology. The amalgam of groups...
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- 2003-10-01
Ten states?California, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia?have enacted new laws that give broader authority to law enforcement officials to investigate potential cyberthreats and to create new definitions for criminal activity, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. All 50 states now have homeland...
SBC Fights for Customers' Privacy in Music Industry's Hunt for File Sharers.
- 2003-09-25
By Peter Shinkle, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 25--While Charter Communications Inc. said Wednesday that it will cooperate in the music industry's hunt for computer users who share copyrighted music, another major Internet provider here is fighting for...
Music Industry Hits Snag in Fight against Piracy.
- 2003-08-01
Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 1--The global music industry's campaign against illegal song downloads has hit a snag with internet service providers in the US fighting back at what they see as an unwarranted attack on their customers' privacy. ...
Hatch talks tough to downloaders
- 2003-06-18
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday he favors developing new technology to remotely destroy the computers of people who illegally download music from the Internet. The remarks by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, during a hearing on copyright abuses represent a dramatic escalation...
Judge rules that Verizon should reveal consumer information. (Privacy).(Verizon Online's dispute with the Recording Industry Association of America)
- 2003-03-01
In July, the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA issued a subpoena requesting that Verizon Online release subscriber information of a customer suspected of downloading copyrighted music files and thereby, according to the RIAA, infringing on the copyrights of recording artists. The subpoena was not issued...
Industry takes more measures to address copyrighted content. (News).
- 2002-10-28
With media companies slowly wading into wireless' waters, many in the industry are looking to assure record and movie studio executives that their hard-won properties and copyrights will be protected in the growing market for next-generation wireless products. The latest move on...
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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 |
|---|---|
| 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 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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