Recording Industry Association of America

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The Recording Industry Association of America or RIAA for short is an organization that is created and paid for by large record companies. It represents the entire recording industry of the United States of America. The members of the RIAA are mostly record labels and distributors that sell 90% of the music sold in the United States of America.

The RIAA was created in 1952 to create technical standards for vinyl records so any record could play on any record player without difficulty. In today's times, the RIAA's goals is to prevent piracy of records. The RIAA claims that the music industry loses nearly 4.2 billion U.S. dollars a year because of this.