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- 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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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)
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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RIAA Questions
Did Last.fm share listening data with the RIAA? 1 AnswerFrom everything I can find, the answer is no. There have been denials by both last.fm and CBS on the topic. http://pulse2.com/2009/05/27/cbs-denies-sending-las... read more
Does anyone know what is the Philippine version of RIAA, if there is any? Theres one according to my prof, but it starts with a B? 1 AnswerIt actually starts with a P... Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI) read more
How can I support bands signed to major labels without supporting the labels? 5 AnswersAttend concerts, buy t-shirts, cds, hats at the concerts. Buy stuff from their website if you can figure out that it's actually the bands site and not their la... read more
How many albums are released per year / were released last year in the United States. 9 AnswersSomewhere between 27000 - 35000 are released in the US each year. 27000 is cited in a rather vague fashion (See: http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/recor... read more
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@simonw I've signed too. Do we really want to give more power to groups like the RIAA?
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