18 Facts About RIAA

RIAA participates in the collective rights management of sound recordings, and it is responsible for certifying gold and platinum albums and singles in the United States.

RIAA 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.

RIAA operates an award program for albums that sell a large number of copies.

In 1992, RIAA began counting each disc in a multi-disc set as one unit toward certification.

Since 2000, the RIAA operates a similar program for Latin music sales, called Los Premios de Oro y De Platino.

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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" yet excluding other obviously digital media such as those on CD, DAT, or MiniDisc.

In February 2016, RIAA updated its certification criteria for album-level awards to combine streaming and track sales using the formula for album-equivalent unit.

In February 2007, RIAA began sending letters accusing Internet users of sharing files and directing them to web site P2PLAWSUITS.

In 2008, RIAA sued 19-year-old Ciara Sauro for allegedly sharing 10 songs online.

RIAA launched an "early settlement 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.

In October 1998, RIAA filed a lawsuit in the Ninth U S Court of Appeals in San Francisco claiming the Diamond Multimedia Rio PMP300 player violated the 1992 Audio Home Recording Act.

In 2003, RIAA sued college student developers of LAN search engines Phynd and Flatlan, describing them as "a sophisticated network designed to enable widespread music thievery".

In September 2003, RIAA filed suit in civil court against several private individuals who had shared large numbers of files with Kazaa.

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 .

RIAA filed suit in 2006 to enjoin digital XM Satellite Radio from enabling its subscribers from playing songs they had recorded from its satellite broadcasts.

RIAA filed briefs in Allen v Cooper, which was decided in 2020.

RIAA is heavily criticized for both policy and for their method of suing individuals for copyright infringement.