What does RIAA stand for?

some people believe that it has no meaning.

I asked iMesh by e-mail and got no answer.

56 in the US according to RIAA

YES!! not according to the RIAA. He's never had a album of any kind... EVER.... certified as platinum by the RIAA. He's had singles go platinum, never albums.

There really isn't that much of a difference. Just the whole structure system.

RIAA is responsible from all Gold, Platinum and Diamond recording awards, based completely on sales. Actually RIAA awards are not based on sales - they never have been. They are based on royalties paid to the performer. ANY record company will say that their performer sold 10,000,000 copies - as several companies have done this! But when it comes to paying for those royalties - they provide NO proof whatsoever!!!

Approximately 10,500,000 records according to RIAA.

Yes; the RIAA is frequently threatening to sue them.

Yes. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has just certified Journey's latest album Revelation as Platinum on December, 18, 2008. For more information, please visit the RIAA website: http://riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php

The Recording Industry Associationof America (RIAA) has just certified Journey's latest album Revelation as Platinum on December, 18, 2008. For more information, please visit the RIAA website: http://riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php

This is a very tricky question. It depends on the website in question and whether not they have been authorized by the RIAA to do business. To put it simply, when a music site launches they are supposed to ask the RIAA if they can do business, then they purchase licenses or rights to make the songs available for purchase. A lifetime membership fee music download site would probably not make the RIAA very happy because say you pay $1 or $1,000, over the LIFE of the membership, the profit the RIAA and its labels make per song would probably be very, very, little.

Yes. The RIAA (Recording Industry of America Association) tracks and will prosecute IP addresses they find violating copyrighted material. One example is at North Carolina State University, where in the Fall of 2007, 32 students received letters from the RIAA asking for $3000 to settle the charge of copyright infringement. The NC State students did not take kindly to this, and will battle the RIAA in court this coming year.

Elvis Aron Presley has the most certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America.

just go on youtube in put in dreinher16 you well see him

Britney Spears with ...Baby One More Time. RIAA

You can contact the local FBI or the RIAA to snitch.

It hasn't sold 100 million copies yet

According to the RIAA, he sold 14 million album in the United States.

according to the RIAA, it has sold over six million copies in the U.S. alone

The venue needs a license from the performing rights organizations, such as ASCAP and BMI.

Some variables must be considered. Do we use RIAA certification for the count, RIAA will only certify if the record company pays for the certification; many companies won't certify a song unless the artist is active and is still saleable. Songs like White Christmas by Bing Crosby (released in 1942) which was reported in 1963 to have sold over 30 million records at that time and are not counted. Retroactive RIAA only certifies as far back as 1958. Furthermore, the Guinness Book of World Records has White Christmas holding the top spot with sales of over 50 million. RIAA's retroactive cutoff point (pre 1958) excludes several others as well. For the modern day song, according to RIAA certification, it would be Candle in the Wind by Elton John with over 11 million copies sold. Keep in mind RIAA only certifies a particular recording of a song, there are no pre or post recordings allowed for a final combined count.

No, it is still copyrighted by the owner, and or producers no matter what.

It is of course frowned upon by the RIAA, but it is an effective way to add music to your personal collection.

The RIAA estimates around 52 million but I have heard anywhere from 20 to 150 million

To start with, no matter what you do with online file sharing, your chances of actually getting caught are '''extremely''' low (contrary to what the record companies and the RIAA would have you believe). To answer your question, it depends on what type of files you mean. I'm assuming that you mean copywrited files like music. It is, technically, illegal to download them. But nobody has ever been caught downloading; the RIAA is looking for people who are sharing. So, in summary, yes, downloading is safe as long as you don't share copywrited files. But, like I said, even if you do share, you are just joining the list of literally millions of people sharing copywrited files at any one moment. The RIAA can only sue, say, two or three people each month at the most. You are more likely to win the lottery than you are to get sued by the RIAA. -DJ Craig