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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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American Record Chiefs Silence Academic Code-Crackers.
- 2001-04-29
By Jat Gill, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 29--American record executives have stopped academics revealing how to crack top-secret technology to protect online music against copying. Edward Felten, a Princeton University researcher and leader of a ...
The Three Ring Circus of MP3, CE and SDMI.
- 2000-06-01
A good laugh. That's the first thing you'll get when you ask industry insiders what's been happening with MP3 music and the Internet. The news in this industry has been a soap opera of lawsuits, private investigations and name-calling. But as laughable as...
the litigation ledger - Brief Article
- 1999-08-01
Recording Industry Association of America RIAA v. Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. The RIAA suffered a major setback in its efforts to stifle sales of Diamond Multimedia's Rio MP300 MP3 player--which downloads and stores music posted to the Internet--when a federal appeals court ruled June 15 that the device does...
Secure Digital Music's "MP3-Killer" Spec Published
- 1999-07-14
Eight months after it got to work, the Secure Digital Music Initiative SDMI has published its open standard for manufacturers to use to develop portable devices for playing digital music. Sponsored by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA, the SDMI spec has been devised as a two-stage process for...
SDMI denies MP3 boycott - Secure Digital Music Initiative of the Recording Industry Association of America - Industry Trend or Event - Brief Article
- 1999-06-07
The Secure Digital Music Initiative SDMI, the Recording Industry Association of America's committee which aims to establish a secure rights-protected framework for the distribution of digital music via the Internet, has denied that it is looking to boycott MP3 because of its lack of security features. The organisation is...
SDMI Group Plans "Millennium Trigger" for Online Music
- 1999-05-17
By Rachel Chalmers Should music be freely copied and exchanged, or should corporations hold the keys? The controversy over digital audio files on the internet just keeps getting hotter. Last week London hosted the third plenary meeting of the Secure Digital Music Initiative SDMI, the...
BMG, Universal Set to Make Internet Music Announcement
- 1999-04-07
BMG and Universal, two of the five largest record labels in the world, are set to participate in what sources call a "major announcement in the internet media business." The event will take place in New York City today, Wednesday April 6. There are few hints...
DIAMOND MULTIMEDIA: Diamond Multimedia to participate in RIAA's secure digital music initiative.
- 1999-01-11
M2 PRESSWIRE-11 January 1999-DIAMOND MULTIMEDIA: Diamond Multimedia to participate in RIAA's secure digital music initiativeSDMI C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:080199 * Diamond intends to join coalition of record, technology and consumer electronics companies to address new digital music opportunities ...
Liquid Audio Joins RIAA's Secure Digital Music Initiative for Creating An Open Standard for Music Delivery on the Internet
- 1998-12-16
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 15, 1998-- -- SDMI Formation Validates Digital Distribution and Liquid Audio's Existing Initiatives and Technology That Protect Artists and Record Labels Copyrights -- Liquid Audio, the leading developer of secure online music and audio delivery systems, today announced its support for and...
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Decision Makers
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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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