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International

American music is a global powerhouse and one of our strongest economic and cultural exports. RIAA advocates for strong protection and enforcement of copyright around the world to secure the rights of American music creators internationally and boost the US music economy and music industry jobs.

RIAA works with US and foreign governments, international organizations, and global creative community partners to remove barriers to the creation and distribution of music in foreign markets, address piracy and other global threats to music creators, and to develop strong, pro-creator policies in emerging areas like AI.

For a list of our international news and trade filings, please see International Headlines.

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Advocacy

RIAA works to protect intellectual property rights and creative freedom, fights for state, federal, and global policies that strengthen the modern music ecosystem, and demonstrates the important contributions of record labels to support artists. We engage with Congress, key executive departments and federal agencies, state legislatures, embassies, and other policymakers to advance the cause for

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