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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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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...
Illegal Sharing of Music Plummets, Poll Shows.
- 2004-01-05
By Chris Cobbs, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 5--The record industry's legal war against music pirates could hardly be more effective if the swashbuckling movie ship's captain Russell Crowe were at the helm, a new study shows. ...
Music Industry's Piracy Crackdown Targets Web Providers.
- 2003-11-06
By Will Rodgers, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 6--TAMPA, Fla.--The music industry picked up the pace this week of its fight to stop piracy of songs across the Internet, according to the two largest Internet service providers in the...
Era of Web Anonymity Could Be Drawing to a Close.
- 2003-02-01
By McGregor McCance, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Downloading free music online has been a relatively risk-free hobby for millions of people during the past few years. While record companies, politicians and technology companies fought the ...
For radio, a Web royalty check: Broadcasters, RIAA agree on fee that stations will pay to stream music on the Internet. (Top of the Week).(Brief Article)
- 2001-12-10
Radio broadcasters have reached an agreement with record companies on royalty fees that radio stations must pay in return for a blanket license to stream their signals over the Internet, sources say. The two sides--major radio companies vs. th ...
160,000 Artists Make Web Music Available
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- 2001-10-10
This article discusses about the music licensing for online services. The music industry reached a breakthrough agreement, concerning the licensing of musical works for subscription-based online services. The National Music Publishers' Association, musical copyrighting body the Harry Fox Agency and the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA agreed that online...
Movies, music in bid to beat pirates of the download.
- 2001-10-04
Oct 5, 2001 The Mercury ABIX via COMTEX -- The film and music industries in the US have joined a law suit against web sites permitting unauthorised downloads of films and songs. The suit claims the Internet sites MusicCity, Grokster and KaZaA provide unauthorised...
Legal Battle Over Sharing Music on Web Wages in Albany, N.Y.-Area Court.
- 2001-05-31
By Jean DerGurahian, Times Union, Albany, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 31--A major legal battle that could help shape the way music and movies are distributed on the Internet is shaping up in a local courtroom as an emerging software developer...
Yahoo To Pay Royalties For Web Music - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article
- 2000-09-11
In a significant change of position, Yahoo, Inc. has reached a licensing agreement with the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA whereby it will pay royalties for broadcasting music over the Web. Yahoo has been negotiating with RIAA as part of a group of industry members Digital Media Association but...
MP3Board Announces New LinkBlaster Digital Rights Technology
- 2000-07-25
Business Editors/Music Writers SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 25, 2000 MP3Board, Inc. (MP3Board.com) a pioneer in the indexing, searching, and linking of music related sites and files on the Internet announced today that it has implemented on its web site (located at MP3Board.com) a new digital rights technology, called...
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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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