We work closely with our members to ensure that fans, parents, students, and others in the business have the tools and the resources they need to make informed listening, purchasing, and technical decisions.
We also work hard to protect artists and the music community from online piracy and counterfeit goods. If you’d like to learn more or if you have something to report, read on.
Advocacy
RIAA works to protect artists’ creative freedom and intellectual property, fight for state, federal, and global policies that strengthen the modern music ecosystem, and explain the work labels do to support their artist partners.
The music industry takes its responsibility to help parents determine what may be inappropriate for their children seriously—that’s why RIAA and its member companies created the Parental Advisory Label (PAL) program.
Music theft—or piracy—is constantly evolving as technology changes
Many different actions qualify as piracy, from downloading unauthorized versions of copyrighted music from a file-sharing service to illegally copying music using streamripping software or mobile apps.
Industry and technical standards help build consumer confidence and reduce costs for all participants in the music distribution chain. Read more about our efforts to develop standards for data publishing and exchange, recording technology and music data security.
Today there are more places than ever to download, stream and buy music. Whether you prefer listening to music on vinyl music or streaming it online (or both), there are lots of options out there for you.
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