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The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents many record labels, media conglomerates, and distributors. They are vocal and controversial advocates of copyright enforcement and have filed numerous lawsuits on behalf of the companies they represent.
On February 20, 2009, a post on the blog TechCrunch alleged that the online music community Last.fm had shared with the RIAA a list of its users with pirated songs who stored on their computers. The story is based on statements from an anonymous source and has not been confirmed.TechCrunch: Did Last.fm Just Hand Over User Listening Data... (February 20, 2009) Last.fm, which is owned by CBS, denied the allegations on their corporate blog, and the RIAA issued its own denial to tech blog Ars Technica.Last.fm Blog: TechCrunch Are Full of S--t (February 23, 2009)Ars Technica: RIAA denies rumors that Last.fm turned over user data (February 22, 2009)
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Fast Facts
- Private, not-for-profit company
- Industry: Music recording
- Phone: (202) 775-0101
- Fax: (202) 775-7253
- HQ: Washington, DC
- Chairman/CEO: Mitch Bainwol
- President: Cary Sherman
- Staff: 111
- Mission: To "foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes our members' creative and financial vitality"
- Represents the "Big Four" record labels: EMI, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group
- Certifies album sales as Gold (500,000 sold), Platinum (1 million), Diamond (10 million)
- Has filed lawsuits against Napster, Verizon, and others
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Piracy
The RIAA has been a key player in the fight against music piracy, particularly on the Internet. They have filed lawsuits against file sharing services and music fans who have illegally downloaded songs through those services. The association singled out 12 cities as major areas for copyright infringement offenders including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, and Miami. -
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@Biadlc | November 08, 2009 04:15 PM -
Music royalty fee on my sirius renewal? Good job RIAA. You find new ways for people to hate you.
@tannad2001 | November 08, 2009 04:10 PM -
#RIAA: I propose that anyone who creates (architects and builders, engineers and mechanics, ...) get life royalties for what they build ;)
@senthe | November 08, 2009 04:03 PM -
Sweet Dreams – Gold (500.000 Downloads) - Certificado de Ouro pela RIAA *-*
@rayckaraujo | November 08, 2009 03:41 PM -
@felipecmorais fica de um lado para o outro? kkkkkkk isso ja aconteçeu com a ludy eu riaa kkkk
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