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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown 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data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Recording Industry Association of America" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_S%C9%99syazma_S%C9%99nayesi_Birliyi" title="Amerika Səsyazma Sənayesi Birliyi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Amerika Səsyazma Sənayesi Birliyi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B2_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Асоциация на звукозаписната индустрия в Америка – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Асоциация на звукозаписната индустрия в Америка" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Recording Industry Association of America" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Recording Industry Association of America" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Recording Industry Association of America" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Recording Industry Association of America" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameerika_Fonogrammitootjate_Liit" title="Ameerika Fonogrammitootjate Liit – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ameerika Fonogrammitootjate Liit" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Recording Industry Association of America" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Recording Industry Association of America" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%AA_%D8%B6%D8%A8%D8%B7_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="انجمن صنعت ضبط موسیقی ایالات متحده آمریکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="انجمن صنعت ضبط موسیقی ایالات متحده آمریکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Recording Industry Association of America" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Recording Industry Association of America" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EA%B5%AD_%EC%9D%8C%EB%B0%98_%EC%82%B0%EC%97%85_%ED%98%91%ED%9A%8C" title="미국 음반 산업 협회 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미국 음반 산업 협회" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%81%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%A3%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%B2_%D5%A8%D5%B6%D5%AF%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B8%D6%81%D5%AB%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Ձայնագրող ընկերությունների ամերիկյան ասոցիացիա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ձայնագրող ընկերությունների ամերիկյան ասոցիացիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udru%C5%BEenje_diskografske_industrije_Amerike" title="Udruženje diskografske industrije Amerike – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Udruženje diskografske industrije Amerike" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asosiasi_Industri_Rekaman_Amerika_Serikat" title="Asosiasi Industri Rekaman Amerika Serikat – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Asosiasi Industri Rekaman Amerika Serikat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Recording Industry Association of America" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Recording Industry Association of America" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%92%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%99" title="איגוד תעשיית ההקלטות האמריקאי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="איגוד תעשיית ההקלטות האמריקאי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AE%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A9%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AC%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ამერიკის ხმისჩამწერი კომპანიების ასოციაცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ამერიკის ხმისჩამწერი კომპანიების ასოციაცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA" title="RIAA – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="RIAA" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikas_Ierakstu_industrijas_asoci%C4%81cija" title="Amerikas Ierakstu industrijas asociācija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Amerikas Ierakstu industrijas asociācija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikai_Hanglemezgy%C3%A1rt%C3%B3k_Sz%C3%B6vets%C3%A9ge" title="Amerikai Hanglemezgyártók Szövetsége – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Amerikai Hanglemezgyártók Szövetsége" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a 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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>United States</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Chairman and <a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive Officer">CEO</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Glazier" title="Mitch Glazier">Mitch Glazier</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://riaa.com">riaa<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Recording Industry Association of America</b> (<b>RIAA</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Trade_association" title="Trade association">trade organization</a> that represents the <a href="/wiki/Music_industry" title="Music industry">music recording industry</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legally sold recorded music in the United States".<sup id="cite_ref-RiaaAboutUs_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RiaaAboutUs-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> RIAA is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>RIAA was formed in 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its original mission was to administer recording copyright fees and problems, work with trade unions, and do research relating to the record industry and government regulations.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early RIAA standards included the <a href="/wiki/RIAA_equalization" title="RIAA equalization">RIAA equalization</a> curve,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the format of the stereophonic record groove and the dimensions of 33 1/3, 45, and 78 rpm records.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>RIAA says its current mission includes:<sup id="cite_ref-RiaaAboutUs_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RiaaAboutUs-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>to protect <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property rights</a> and the <a href="/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="First Amendment to the United States Constitution">First Amendment</a> rights of artists</li> <li>to perform research about the music industry</li> <li>to monitor and review relevant laws, regulations, and policies</li></ol> <p>Between 2001 and 2020, RIAA spent between $2.4 million and $6.5 million annually on <a href="/wiki/Lobbying" title="Lobbying">lobbying</a> in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> RIAA also participates in the <a href="/wiki/Collective_rights_management" title="Collective rights management">collective rights management</a> of sound recordings, and it is responsible for <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">certifying</a> <a href="/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" class="mw-redirect" title="Music recording sales certification">gold and platinum albums and singles</a> in the United States. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Company_structure_and_sales">Company structure and sales</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Company structure and sales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mitch Glazier has been the RIAA's chairman and CEO since 2019. Glazier joined the RIAA 20 years ago and has played a role in the music industry's transition to streaming and "anywhere, anytime" access to music. He was the RIAA's senior executive vice president from 2011 to 2019 and served as executive vice president for public policy and industry relations from 2000 to 2011. </p><p>The 26-member board of directors is composed of these record executives:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Glazier" title="Mitch Glazier">Mitch Glazier</a> (Recording Industry Association of America)</li> <li>Michele Ballantyne (Recording Industry Association of America)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Anthony" title="Michele Anthony">Michele Anthony</a> (Universal Music Group)</li> <li>Glen Barros (Exceleration Music)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_L._Nash" title="Michael L. Nash">Michael L. Nash</a> (Universal Music Group)</li> <li>Eric Berman (Universal Music Group)</li> <li>David Bither (<a href="/wiki/Nonesuch_Records" title="Nonesuch Records">Nonesuch Records</a>)</li> <li>Ken Bunt (<a href="/wiki/Disney_Music_Group" title="Disney Music Group">Disney Music Group</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Esposito_(music_executive)" title="John Esposito (music executive)">John Esposito</a> (<a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Nashville" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Music Nashville">Warner Music Nashville</a>)</li> <li>Victor Gonzalez (Universal Music Latin Entertainment)</li> <li>Camille Hackney (Atlantic Records)</li> <li>Rani Hancock (Sire Records)</li> <li>Jeff Harleston (Universal Music Group)</li> <li>Terry Hemmings (Provident Music Group/Sony Music Entertainment)</li> <li>Kevin Kelleher (Sony Music Entertainment)</li> <li>Sheldra Khahaifa (Sony Music Entertainment)</li> <li>Dennis Kooker (Sony Music Entertainment)</li> <li>Eric Chopra (Sony Music Entertainment)</li> <li>Annie Lee (Interscope Geffen A&M)</li> <li>Gabriela Maartinez (Warner Music Latina)</li> <li>Deirdre McDonald (Sony Music Entertainment)</li> <li>Paul Robinson (Warner Music Group)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Silverman" title="Tom Silverman">Tom Silverman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tommy_Boy_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Tommy Boy Entertainment">Tommy Boy Entertainment</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Swidler" title="Julie Swidler">Julie Swidler</a> (Sony Music Entertainment)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Tanous" title="Will Tanous">Will Tanous</a> (Universal Music Group)</li> <li>Zena White (Partisan Records)</li></ul> </div> <p>The RIAA represents over 1,600 member labels, which are private corporate entities such as record labels and distributors, and collectively create and distribute about 90% of recorded music sold in the United States. The largest and most influential of the members are the "Big Three": </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Music Entertainment">Sony Music Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music Group</a></li></ul> <p>Within the major three music groups, it represents high-profile record labels such as <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a>, <a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warner_Records" title="Warner Records">Warner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Motown" title="Motown">Motown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The RIAA reports that total retail value of recordings sold by their members was $10.4 billion<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the end of 2007, a decline from $14.6 billion in 1999. Estimated retail revenues from recorded music in the United States grew 11.4% in 2016 to $7.7 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sales_certification">Sales certification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sales certification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">RIAA certification</a></div> <p>The RIAA operates an award program for albums that sell a large number of copies.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The award was launched in 1958;<sup id="cite_ref-riaa_history_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riaa_history-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> originally, the requirement for a Gold single was one million units sold and a Gold album represented $1 million in sales (at wholesale value, around a third of the list price).<sup id="cite_ref-white_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-white-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1975, the additional requirement of 500,000 units sold was added for Gold albums.<sup id="cite_ref-white_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-white-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reflecting growth in record sales, the Platinum award was added in 1976, for albums able to sell one million units, while singles qualify upon selling two million units.<sup id="cite_ref-white_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-white-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Multi-Platinum award was introduced in 1984, signifying multiple Platinum levels of albums and singles.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1989, the sales thresholds for singles were reduced to 500,000 for Gold and 1,000,000 for Platinum, reflecting a decrease in sales of singles.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1992, RIAA began counting each disc in a multi-disc set as one unit toward certification. Reflecting additional growth in music sales, the Diamond award was instituted in 1999 for albums or singles selling ten million units.<sup id="cite_ref-riaa_history_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riaa_history-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of these changes in criteria, the sales level associated with a particular award depends on when the award was made. </p><p>Since 2000,<sup id="cite_ref-Spanish_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spanish-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the RIAA also operates a similar program for <a href="/wiki/Latin_music_(genre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin music (genre)">Latin music</a> sales, called <i>Los Premios de Oro y De Platino</i>. Currently, a "Disco De Oro" (Gold) is awarded for 30,000 units, and a "Disco De Platino" is awarded for 60,000 units. Further, the "Album Multi-Platino" honor is awarded at 120,000, and "Diamante" requires 10 times as many units as "Platino" (600,000).<sup id="cite_ref-latindigital_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latindigital-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RIAA defines "Latin music" as a type of release with 51% or more of its content recorded in <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Digital"_single_certification"><span id=".22Digital.22_single_certification"></span>"Digital" single certification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: "Digital" single certification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Martha_Roby_and_Miranda_Lambert.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Martha_Roby_and_Miranda_Lambert.jpg/220px-Martha_Roby_and_Miranda_Lambert.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="391" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Martha_Roby_and_Miranda_Lambert.jpg/330px-Martha_Roby_and_Miranda_Lambert.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Martha_Roby_and_Miranda_Lambert.jpg/440px-Martha_Roby_and_Miranda_Lambert.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1152" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>US Representative <a href="/wiki/Martha_Roby" title="Martha Roby">Martha Roby</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Miranda_Lambert" title="Miranda Lambert">Miranda Lambert</a>, who was the RIAA's 2019 Artist of the Year, at an RIAA event in Washington, DC, in 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2004, the RIAA added a branch of certification for what it calls "digital" recordings, essentially referring to "recordings transferred to the recipient over a network" (such as those sold via the <a href="/wiki/ITunes_Store" title="ITunes Store">iTunes Store</a>) yet excluding other obviously digital media such as those on <a href="/wiki/Compact_Disc" class="mw-redirect" title="Compact Disc">CD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Digital_Audio_Tape" title="Digital Audio Tape">DAT</a>, or <a href="/wiki/MiniDisc" title="MiniDisc">MiniDisc</a>. In 2006, "digital ringtones" were added to this branch of certification. Starting in 2013, streaming from audio and video streaming services such as <a href="/wiki/Spotify" title="Spotify">Spotify</a>, <a href="/wiki/Napster" title="Napster">Napster</a>, <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> and the likes also began to be counted towards the certification, using the formula of 100 streams being the equivalent of one download; thus, RIAA certification for singles no longer reflects actual sales.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same year, the RIAA introduced the Latin Digital Award for <a href="/wiki/Digital_recording" title="Digital recording">digital recordings</a> in Spanish.<sup id="cite_ref-latindigital_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latindigital-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the certification criteria for these recordings are:<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Digital awards: </p> <ul><li>Gold: 500,000 units</li> <li>Platinum: 1,000,000 units</li> <li>Multi-Platinum: 2,000,000 units (increments of 1,000,000 thereafter)</li> <li>Diamond: 10,000,000 units</li></ul> <p>The units are defined as: </p> <ol><li>A permanent digital download counts as 1 unit</li> <li>150 on-demand audio and/or video streams count as 1 unit</li></ol> <p>Latin digital awards: </p> <ul><li>Disco de Oro (Gold): 30,000 copies</li> <li>Disco de Platino (Platinum): 60,000 copies</li> <li>Disco de Multi-Platino (Multi-Platinum): 120,000 copies</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Album_certification">Album certification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Album certification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2016, RIAA updated its certification criteria for album-level awards to combine streaming and track sales using the formula for <a href="/wiki/Album-equivalent_unit" title="Album-equivalent unit">album-equivalent unit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Gold: 500,000 units</li> <li>Platinum: 1,000,000 units</li> <li>Multi-Platinum: 2,000,000 units (increments of 1,000,000 thereafter)</li> <li>Diamond: 10,000,000 units</li></ul> <p>For certification purposes, each unit may be one of:<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>sale of a digital album or physical album</li> <li>10 track downloads from the album</li> <li>1,500 on-demand audio and/or video streams from the album</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_longform_certification">Video longform certification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Video longform certification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Along with albums, digital albums, and singles, another classification of music release is called "video longform". This release format includes DVD and VHS releases. Further, certain live albums and compilation albums are counted. The certification criteria are slightly different from other styles.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Gold: 50,000 copies</li> <li>Platinum: 100,000 copies</li> <li>Multi-Platinum: 200,000 copies</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Efforts_against_alleged_infringement_of_members'_copyrights"><span id="Efforts_against_alleged_infringement_of_members.27_copyrights"></span>Efforts against alleged infringement of members' copyrights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Efforts against alleged infringement of members' copyrights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Efforts_against_file_sharing">Efforts against file sharing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Efforts against file sharing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Trade_group_efforts_against_file_sharing" title="Trade group efforts against file sharing">Trade group efforts against file sharing</a></div> <p>RIAA opposes unauthorized sharing of its members' music. Studies conducted since the association began its campaign against peer-to-peer file-sharing have concluded that losses incurred per download range from negligible<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to moderate.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The association has commenced high-profile lawsuits against file-sharing service providers. Likewise, it has sued individuals suspected of file sharing, notably college students, parents of file-sharing children and at least one dead person.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is accused of employing techniques such as peer-to-peer "decoying" and "<a href="/wiki/Spoofing_(anti-piracy_measure)" title="Spoofing (anti-piracy measure)">spoofing</a>" to combat file sharing.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 2008, they announced they would stop their lawsuits,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and instead attempt to work with ISPs to persuade them to use a three-strike system for file sharing involving issuing two warnings and then cutting off Internet service after the third strike.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Selection_of_defendants">Selection of defendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Selection of defendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>RIAA names defendants based on ISP identification of the subscriber associated with an <a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP address</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as such do not know any additional information about a person before they sue. After an Internet subscriber's identity is discovered, but before an individual lawsuit is filed, the subscriber is typically offered an opportunity to settle. The standard settlement is a payment to RIAA and an agreement not to engage in file sharing of music. Such suits are also usually on par with statutory damages of $750 per work, with the RIAA choosing the number of works it deems "reasonable". For cases that do not settle at this amount, the RIAA has gone to trial, seeking statutory damages from the jury, written into The <a href="/wiki/Digital_Theft_Deterrence_and_Copyright_Damages_Improvement_Act_of_1999" title="Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999">Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999</a> as between $750 and $30,000 per work or $750 and $150,000 per work if "willful". </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation" title="Electronic Frontier Foundation">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Public_Citizen" title="Public Citizen">Public Citizen</a> oppose the ability of RIAA and other companies to "strip Internet users of anonymity without allowing them to challenge the order in court".<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Importantly, <a href="/wiki/Federal_judiciary_of_the_United_States" title="Federal judiciary of the United States">US Courts</a> have declared that an IP address is not a person nor personal identifier.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This weakened RIAA's ability to sue individuals. </p><p>RIAA's methods of identifying individual users had, in some rare cases, led to the issuing of <a href="/wiki/Subpoena" title="Subpoena">subpoenas</a> to persons dead or otherwise incapable of file-sharing. Two such examples include: a then-recently deceased 83-year-old woman<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an elderly computer novice,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a family reportedly without any computer at all.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Settlement_programs">Settlement programs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Settlement programs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2007, RIAA began sending letters accusing Internet users of sharing files and directing them to web site <small>P2PLAWSUITS.COM</small>, where they can make "discount" settlements payable by credit card.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The letters go on to say that anyone not settling will have lawsuits brought against them. Typical settlements are between $3,000 and $12,000. This new strategy was formed because the RIAA's legal fees were cutting into the income from settlements.<sup id="cite_ref-Read_A31_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Read_A31-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, RIAA sued 19-year-old Ciara Sauro for allegedly sharing 10 songs online.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>RIAA also launched an "early <a href="/wiki/Settlement_(law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Settlement (law)">settlement</a> program" directed to ISPs and to colleges and universities, urging them to pass along letters to subscribers and students offering early settlements, prior to the disclosure of their identities. The settlement letters urged ISPs to preserve evidence for the benefit of the RIAA and invited the students and subscribers to visit an RIAA website for the purpose of entering into a "discount settlement" payable by credit card.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By March 2007, the focus had shifted from ISPs to colleges and universities.<sup id="cite_ref-Read_A31_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Read_A31-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 1998, RIAA filed a lawsuit in the Ninth U.S. Court of Appeals in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> claiming the <a href="/wiki/Diamond_Multimedia" title="Diamond Multimedia">Diamond Multimedia</a> <a href="/wiki/Rio_PMP300" title="Rio PMP300">Rio PMP300</a> player violated the 1992 <a href="/wiki/Audio_Home_Recording_Act" title="Audio Home Recording Act">Audio Home Recording Act</a>. The Rio PMP300 was significant because it was the second portable consumer MP3 digital audio player released on the market. The three-judge panel ruled in favor of Diamond, paving the way for the development of the portable digital player market.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, RIAA sued college student developers of LAN search engines <a href="/wiki/Phynd" title="Phynd">Phynd</a> and Flatlan, describing them as "a sophisticated network designed to enable widespread music thievery".<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2003, RIAA filed suit in civil court against several private individuals who had shared large numbers of files with <a href="/wiki/Kazaa" title="Kazaa">Kazaa</a>. Most of these suits were settled with monetary payments averaging $3,000. Kazaa publisher Sharman Networks responded with a lawsuit against RIAA, alleging that the terms of use of the network were violated and that unauthorized client software was used in the investigation to track down the individual file sharers (such as Kazaa Lite). An effort to throw out this suit was denied in January 2004, but that suit was settled in 2006. Sharman Networks agreed to a global settlement of litigation brought against it by the Motion Picture Association of America, the <a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="International Federation of the Phonographic Industry">International Federation of the Phonographic Industry</a>, and by RIAA. The creators of the popular Kazaa file-sharing network would pay $115 million to RIAA, plus unspecified future amounts to MPAA and the software industry; and, they would install filters on its networks to prevent users from sharing copyrighted works on its network.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>RIAA also filed suit in 2006 to enjoin digital <a href="/wiki/XM_Satellite_Radio" title="XM Satellite Radio">XM Satellite Radio</a> from enabling its subscribers from playing songs they had recorded from its satellite broadcasts.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also suing several Internet radio stations.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, XM was forced to impose an industry fee upon subscribers. The fee still exists and has always been paid, in-full, directly to RIAA. </p><p>On October 12, 2007, RIAA sued Usenet.com seeking a permanent injunction to prevent the company from "aiding, encouraging, enabling, inducing, causing, materially contributing to, or otherwise facilitating" <a href="/wiki/Copyright_infringement" title="Copyright infringement">copyright infringement</a>. This suit, the first that RIAA has filed against a Usenet provider, has added another branch to RIAA's rapidly expanding fight to curb the <a href="/wiki/Copyright_infringement" title="Copyright infringement">unauthorized distribution of copyrighted materials</a>. Unlike many of RIAA's previous lawsuits, this suit was filed against the provider of a service. Providers have no direct means of removing infringing content. RIAA's argument relies heavily on the fact the Usenet.com, the only defendant that had been named, promoted their service with slogans and phrases that strongly suggested that the service could be used to obtain free music. </p><p>On April 28, 2008, RIAA member labels sued Project Playlist, a web music search site, claiming that most of the sound recordings in the site's index of links are infringing. Project Playlist's website denies that any of the music is hosted on Project Playlist's own servers.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 30, 2009, RIAA prevailed in its fight against Usenet.com, in a decision, that the U.S. District Judge Harold Baer of the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of the music industry on all its main arguments: that Usenet.com was guilty of direct, contributory, and vicarious infringement. In addition, and perhaps most importantly for future cases, Baer said that Usenet.com cannot claim protection under the Sony Betamax decision. That ruling states that companies cannot be held liable for contributory infringement if the device they create is "capable of significant noninfringing uses".<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, the parties had appealed to a federal court for damage assessments and awards, which could amount to several millions of dollars for the music industry.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 26, 2010, RIAA members won a case against LimeWire, a P2P file-sharing network, for illegal distribution of copyrighted works.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 29, in retaliation, riaa.org was taken offline via <a href="/wiki/Denial-of-service_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="Denial-of-service attacks">denial-of-service attacks</a> executed by members of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Payback" title="Operation Payback">Operation Payback</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anonymous_(group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anonymous (group)">Anonymous</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advocacy">Advocacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Advocacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Copyright_Remedy_Clarification_Act" title="Copyright Remedy Clarification Act">Copyright Remedy Clarification Act</a></div> <p>RIAA filed briefs in <i><a href="/wiki/Allen_v._Cooper" class="mw-redirect" title="Allen v. Cooper">Allen v. Cooper</a></i>, which was decided in 2020. The <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a> abrogated the <a href="/wiki/Copyright_Remedy_Clarification_Act" title="Copyright Remedy Clarification Act">Copyright Remedy Clarification Act</a> as unconstitutional, while RIAA had argued the opposite view. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_"work_made_for_hire"_controversy"><span id="The_.22work_made_for_hire.22_controversy"></span>The "work made for hire" controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: The "work made for hire" controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, Mitch Glazier, a Congressional staff attorney, inserted, without public notice or comment, substantive language into the final markup of a "technical corrections" section of copyright legislation, classifying many music recordings as "<a href="/wiki/Work_for_hire" title="Work for hire">works made for hire</a>", thereby stripping artists of their copyright interests and transferring those interests to their record labels.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly afterwards, Glazier was hired as Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Legislative Counsel for the RIAA, which vigorously defended the change when it came to light.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The battle over the disputed provision led to the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Artists%27_Coalition" title="Recording Artists' Coalition">Recording Artists' Coalition</a>, which successfully lobbied for repeal of the change.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="GitHub_and_youtube-dl_takedown_request">GitHub and youtube-dl takedown request</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: GitHub and youtube-dl takedown request"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Youtube-dl#RIAA_takedown_request" title="Youtube-dl">Youtube-dl § RIAA takedown request</a></div> <p>On October 23, 2020, the <a href="/wiki/Code_repository" class="mw-redirect" title="Code repository">code repository</a> hosting service <a href="/wiki/GitHub" title="GitHub">GitHub</a> (owned by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>) released a <a href="/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act" title="Digital Millennium Copyright Act">DMCA</a> request from RIAA. This request listed the <a href="/wiki/Open-source" class="mw-redirect" title="Open-source">open-source</a> software project <a href="/wiki/Youtube-dl" title="Youtube-dl">youtube-dl</a> (and <a href="/wiki/Software_fork" class="mw-redirect" title="Software fork">forks</a> of the project) as <a href="/wiki/Copyright_violation" class="mw-redirect" title="Copyright violation">copyright violations</a>. The request cited the United States law <a href="/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act" title="Digital Millennium Copyright Act">Title 17 U.S.C. §1201</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critics of this action say that the <a href="/wiki/Software_library" class="mw-redirect" title="Software library">software library</a> can be used by archivists to download videos of social injustice.<sup id="cite_ref-zdnet_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zdnet-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Parker Higgins, former Director of Copyright Activism at the <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation" title="Electronic Frontier Foundation">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> (EFF), this takedown request was a "throwback threat" analogous to the <a href="/wiki/DeCSS" title="DeCSS">DeCSS</a> controversy.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NFT_takedown_requests">NFT takedown requests</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: NFT takedown requests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Non-fungible_token#Issues_and_criticisms" title="Non-fungible token">Criticisms of Non-fungible tokens</a></div> <p>On February 4, 2022, Mitch Glazier swiftly took action against <a href="/wiki/NFT" class="mw-redirect" title="NFT">NFT</a> scam site <a href="/w/index.php?title=HitPiece&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HitPiece (page does not exist)">HitPiece</a>. The site had allegedly stole music to mint as NFTs, and host them on their site. Since then, HitPiece has only responded with "We Started The Conversation And We're Listening." However, their site has not been updated since.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Trade_group_efforts_against_file_sharing#Criticism" title="Trade group efforts against file sharing">Criticism of anti-file sharing efforts</a></div> <p>RIAA is heavily criticized for both policy and for their method of suing individuals for copyright infringement. Particularly strong critic-advocates are Internet-based, such as the <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation" title="Electronic Frontier Foundation">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Students_for_Free_Culture" title="Students for Free Culture">Students for Free Culture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> RIAA has sued more than 20,000 people in the United States suspected of distributing copyrighted works.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of these, approximately 2,500 were settled pre-trial. <a href="/wiki/Brad_Templeton" title="Brad Templeton">Brad Templeton</a> of the Electronic Frontier Foundation has called these types of lawsuits <a href="/wiki/Spamigation" title="Spamigation">spamigation</a> and implied they are done merely to <a href="/wiki/Barratry_(common_law)" title="Barratry (common law)">intimidate</a> people.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Executive_leadership_of_RIAA">Executive leadership of RIAA</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Executive leadership of RIAA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goddard_Lieberson" title="Goddard Lieberson">Goddard Lieberson</a>, 1964–1972 (president)<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Stanley Gortikov, 1972–1987 (president)<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Jay Berman, 1988–1998 (president and chair)<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilary_Rosen" title="Hilary Rosen">Hilary Rosen</a>, 1998–2001 (president)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Bainwol" title="Mitch Bainwol">Mitch Bainwol</a>, 2003–2011 (chairman and CEO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cary_Sherman" title="Cary Sherman">Cary Sherman</a>, 2011–2019 (chairman and CEO)<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Glazier" title="Mitch Glazier">Mitch Glazier</a>, 2019–present (chairman and CEO)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Recording_Industry_Association_of_America&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output 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