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R.I.A.A.

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Organization

The Resume

    (1952- )
    Headquarter in Washington D.C.
    CEO is Hilary B. Rosen
    Recording Industry Association of America
    Represents the U.S. recording industry
    Certifies gold/platinum records to artists who earn them

Why R.I.A.A. might be annoying:

    They haven't been successful in winning lawsuits against online music swapping sites, so they have to sue individual users who share files online.
    The RIAA is wasting the courts' time by issuing close to 900 subpoenas just in the month of July 2003.
    Many new independent artists may not get an opportunity to obtain a fan base because it will be illegal to download their songs on the web.
    They sued 261 people for having Kazaa, including a 12 year old girl who had already paid a 29.99 service fee before the lawsuit and was also in tears when she found out about it.

Why R.I.A.A. might not be annoying:

    They won a $13,700,000 judgement against Global Arts Productions (November 8, 1999).
    Unlike ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) the RIAA never attempted to sue the girl scouts for singing camp fire songs owned by the RIAA.
    The RIAA will try hard to protect the intellectual properties of their clients.

Credit: My Niece Alyse


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 357 Votes: 65.55% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 450 Votes: 58.44% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 2060 Votes: 71.70% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 27 Votes: 62.96% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 66 Votes: 80.30% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 196 Votes: 63.78% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 180 Votes: 66.11% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 139 Votes: 81.29% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 31 Votes: 80.65% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 51 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 6418 Votes: 76.58% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 2750 Votes: 78.51% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 1692 Votes: 80.38% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 330 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 635 Votes: 69.61% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 892 Votes: 69.06% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 3868 Votes: 69.91% Annoying