RIAA
Music trade group
The Recording Industry Association of America, a trade organization representing major record labels.
The RIAA is best known for certifying gold and platinum album sales and for aggressively pursuing copyright infringement cases against file-sharing services and individual downloaders: The album just went RIAA platinum.
The organization has become synonymous with the music industry's legal battles over digital piracy.
Element seventy-nine
- platinumDense precious silvery metal
- diamondCrystallized carbon gemstone
- multi-platinumExceeding two million sold
- salesRevenue from goods moved
threshold · shipments · units · streaming · equivalent · album · single · award
Exclusive reproduction rights
- anti-piracyPreventing unauthorized duplication
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- CongressU.S. lawmaking body
DMCA · enforcement · protection · compensation · policy · reform · testimony · hearing
Pioneering file-sharing service
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- infringementViolation of rights
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
defendant · damages · peer-to-peer · downloading · prosecution · statutory · penalty · court
Hollywood entertainment company
- SonyJapanese electronics and entertainment corporation
- WarnerMajor studio surname
- EMIDisruptive electrical signals
- membershipState of belonging
industry · representative · headquarters · Washington · chairman · CEO · board · executives
gold
Element seventy-nine
- platinumDense precious silvery metal
- diamondCrystallized carbon gemstone
- multi-platinumExceeding two million sold
sales · threshold · shipments · units · streaming · equivalent · album · single · award · plaque
copyright
Exclusive reproduction rights
- anti-piracyPreventing unauthorized duplication
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
Congress · DMCA · enforcement · protection · compensation · policy · reform · testimony · hearing · regulation
Napster
Pioneering file-sharing service
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- infringementViolation of rights
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
subpoena · defendant · damages · peer-to-peer · downloading · prosecution · statutory · penalty · court · legal
Universal
Hollywood entertainment company
- SonyJapanese electronics and entertainment corporation
- WarnerMajor studio surname
- EMIDisruptive electrical signals
membership · industry · representative · headquarters · Washington · chairman · CEO · board · executives · consortium
- music industryalbum, albums, singles, record label, record labels
- Music Certificationsplatinum, double platinum, triple platinum, diamond, gold record
- copyrightcopyright, copyright law, copyright act, copyright office, copyright notice
- Hitshit, hit single, smash, megahit, chart-topper
- piracysoftware piracy, pirates, torrents, book piracy, buccaneers
- professional organizationsprofessional association, trade unions, trade association, unions, professional society
Self-representing creative professionals
RIAABandcamp
Independent music distribution site
peer-to-peer networks · SoundCloud · Napster · LimeWire · indie music