- »Commerce Dep't Chief Visits Music City
The Nashville music community received a special visit from Commerce Secretary Gary Locke this week where he discussed the...
September 01, 2010
- »Google's Got Mail
13 music community organizations -- representing a broad range of American music industry employees -- recently sent a letter to Google about its joint policy proposal for an open Internet with Verizon...
August 19, 2010
- »The Google-Verizon Internet Pact
Industry giants Google and Verizon recently announced what they term a "joint policy proposal for an open Internet"...
August 11, 2010
- »RIAA legal fees: the facts
There have been various bizarre reports about our legal bills and recoupments, with some estimates saying we spent upwards of $54 million to pay outside lawyers involved in our end-user litigation campaign, only to recover somewhere around $300,000...
July 30, 2010
- »Illegal Downloading = Fewer Musicians
Professors Oberholzer-Gee and Strumpf now appear to offer a nuanced view of the impact of illegal downloading on sales...
July 19, 2010
- »The Same Old Song, At A Better Price
With AOLs WalletPop blog today including music CDs in its report on 20 products that are cheaper today than 10 years ago, we are pleasantly reminded of the value of this tried-and-true format, not to mention great music in general...
July 02, 2010
- »Campus Downloading Rules Take Effect
Today not only marks the first day of July, but according to the Higher Education Opportunity Act regulations enacted last year, it also marks the first day that all colleges and universities are required to have a plan in place...
July 01, 2010
- »Russia and WTO: More Than Buying A Vinyl Favorite
It is good to know that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appreciates good music and classic formats, as illustrated by his recent vinyl purchases at our local Som Records...
June 28, 2010
- »The Viacom-YouTube Decision: Why It Was Wrong
Add our voice to those who disagree with a recent summary judgment ruling in the court case between Viacom and YouTube.
June 28, 2010
- »Ready For a Summer Cruz?
An Early Peak At Some G&P Sizzle...
June 22, 2010
- »Working OT To Connect Artists With $
By way of the San Francisco Chronicle, here is another informative article about the extensive efforts of SoundExchange to track down artists who have earned digital performance royalties...
June 01, 2010
- »His World, We're Living in It
Screaming fans rejoice! Justin Biebers sophomore album release My World 2.0 (Island Records, 2010) has swiftly soared to Platinum status in less than two months...
May 20, 2010
- »Who says record stores are yesterday's news?
Music sales surged at Americas third annual Record Store Day, held on April 17th to encourage fans to rediscover local music shops...
April 26, 2010
- »Buy Local
April 17th marks the 3rd annual Record Store Day, a holiday held to celebrate and attract traffic to retail music stores.
April 14, 2010
- »Is Touring Alone Enough?
Some industry observers like to suggest that efforts to address the theft of music online is somehow tantamount to efforts to maintain an "outdated business model" rather than to address forms of unfair competition based on illegal acts.
April 09, 2010
- »Isn't He Lovely
Throughout the years the RIAA has been fortunate to team with some exceptional charities and organizations (Feeding America, Bread for the City and more) to do our part to raise awareness and funds for the important work each does...
April 08, 2010
- »Video Tributes To Music's Value
A compelling collection of recently-launched web films from musicians and filmmakers in the U.S. and abroad share one common and important theme: music has value...
April 01, 2010
- »Hail to the Chief
Organizations representing the American creative community -- such as actors, musicians, performers, composers, songwriters, music publishers, technicians and craftspeople, directors and their teams, and record and film companies...
March 24, 2010
- »Bainwol's Music City Q&A
RIAA Chairman & CEO Mitch Bainwol recently sat down with Nashville paper The Tennessean to provide an in-depth view of current and emerging issues affecting the music industry...
March 22, 2010
- »Nobody Stole The Pie
Industry analysts, executives, critics, and academics have been debating the impact of digital piracy for a decade. During that period, the U.S. music industry fell from nearly $15 billion annually to $8.5 billion...
March 03, 2010
- »Illegally Downloading A Charity Album?
On the heels of the encouraging news high that the "Hope for Haiti Now" charity album became the first all-digital record to top Billboard''s 200 music sales chart, we''ve also learned that there is a group of p2p users who are uploading and...
March 02, 2010
- »Public Knowledge, Publicly Wrong
Sometimes copyright critics so reflexively fall over themselves to criticize that they laughably leave the facts behind...
February 23, 2010
- »Google's OMG Moment on IP
Our Chairman and CEO Mitch Bainwol explains why "Google has reason to rethink IP" as posted on The Daily Caller...
February 23, 2010
- »Ben Bernanke and "To RIAA or Not"
It''s not often that we can invoke the Federal Reserve Chairman to help make a point about music and copyrights, but a recent New York Times op-ed...
February 12, 2010
- »Jammie Thomas-Rasset Forces Third Trial
We recently filed our response to the court''s remittitur in the Jammie Thomas-Rasset case in Minnesota. Here are some thoughts about the case and why we are at this juncture, along with some highlights from the brief...
February 09, 2010
- »I Gotta Feeling
In sign of a memorable year to come in music, this weeks annual Grammy awards broadcast saw its highest TV audience ratings in six years...
February 03, 2010
- »Not Knowing What You're Missing
We recently came across this insightful op-ed in the Huffington Post entitled "The Generation That Killed Rock ''n Roll" by author/singer-songwriter Nathan Harden...
February 02, 2010
- » Labeling the Next Decade
Welcome to 2010! The promise of the New Year brings the eager anticipation of the next big you-name-it...
January 19, 2010
- »Rock Around the Xmas Tree with the Gift of Music
We recently came across an interesting stat from a NYT article that jumped out at us (and of course, as dedicated bloggers do, we had to share
December 11, 2009
- »Vintage Vinyl
Looking to re-energize your music collection? Give it a vintage touch...
November 05, 2009
- »OPEN MIC: HEOA Provisions a Collaborative Success
As part of the congressionally-passed Higher Education Opportunities Act, federal provisions requiring schools to take proactive steps to reduce instances of illegal file-trafficking on their networks were recently issued as final regulations...
October 29, 2009
- »The FCC and Internet Service Providers
The public conversation about the role of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in addressing illegal uploading and downloading of copyrighted works online is getting louder...
October 23, 2009
- »A Free Lesson
A column worth reading (If the futures worth having, it wont be free) appeared recently in The U.K. Times Online...
October 22, 2009
- »Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself
Sometimes something is said so perfectly that its not worth summarizing or paraphrasing.
October 08, 2009
- »5 Reasons For Optimism
Our very own Mitch Bainwol explains "Five Reasons for Optimism in the Music Industry" as posted today on TheWrap.com.
September 21, 2009
- »Back To School
While I havent been "back to school" in years I still
September 10, 2009
- »Thats My Name
Summer in Britain means music festivals and although the weather is always terrible, this middle-aged geek dragged himself to Glastonbury for the biggest festival of them all.
September 08, 2009
- »Les Paul - A Creative Life - (1915-2009)
On Thursday, August 13, 2009, Les Paul died from complications of pneumonia at a hospital in White Plains, NY...
August 20, 2009
- »Musings On Tenenbaum Case
Some facts on the Joel Tenenbaum case, for those interested...
August 05, 2009
- »Cronkite, DRMs Death and Lessons Learned
We recently saw the passing of one of the giants of the journalism world, Walter Cronkite...
August 04, 2009
- »So What Exactly Is A Shipment?
Like many other trade associations, the RIAA strives to provide accurate and comprehensive data about the state of the industry it represents...
July 23, 2009
- »Michael and the Power of Music
OK, admittedly, talking about the musical contributions of Michael Jackson is a challenge, when so much has already been so brilliantly articulated and expressed.
July 23, 2009
- »Its Licensing, Stupid
The news that the music industry has sealed agreements with leading Internet radio sites is a great development for fans, webcasters and labels and artists...
July 08, 2009
- »Legal musings on the Usenet.com verdict
The record companies achieved a significant victory on Tuesday when a federal judge in N.Y. soundly ruled in our favor in the lawsuit against Usenet.com...
July 01, 2009
- »Sample Sizes (and Minnesota Juries)
In all the quantitative research the RIAA does, we always endeavor to have a large enough sample to make sure that...
June 23, 2009
- »1700 songs later: The Thomas-Rasset II Verdict
As I sit here in seat 25A on a Northwest flight headed back to Washington, I am struck by some of the decisions people make...
June 18, 2009
- »Techdirt On Performance Rights Act
For the "wrong again" file...
June 17, 2009
- »JT-S Part Deux Day Deux
It is day two and one not short on technical testimony, Geek Squad, Lacuna Coil and ultimately inconsequential hiccups...
June 17, 2009
- »Here We Are
Jammie Thomas-Rasset Part Deux, Day 1. An encouraging first day...
June 15, 2009
- »Jammie Thomas-Rasset PART DEUX
We are headed northwest next week for the re-trial of Jammie Thomas-Rasset (or as we like to call it, Part Deux). What we know heading into this case...
June 10, 2009
- »World Copyright Summit
What we gleaned from the World Copyright Summit this week (aside from the fact that protecting IP is vital to our future economic health and strengthening our competitiveness in the global economy...
June 09, 2009
