The Recording
Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade industry that supports
the creative and financial aspects of American recording artists. They do much work in protecting the
intellectual rights of work created and provide standards for the licensing and
distribution of digital music. They also
provide educational programs for classroom use in order to communicate the
importance of intellectual rights with regards to media and how students can
avoid piracy and enjoy music legally.
One of the many services they offer
include the Why Music Matters website,
dedicated tot the promotion of legal digital music and educating the masses
about proper licensing and how to obtain music legally. There is an about section that explains the
categories of legally available digital music and a very cool directory of
videos in which one artist discusses the music of another artist, presenting a
unique perspective on their music.
Piracy is a huge issue
worldwide. Without the help of
organizations like the RIAA to monitor and educate, musicians lose out on
revenue and the arts economy suffers.
RIAA is doing some great work by giving music consumers the information
and resources that they need in order to legally and appropriately access music
digitally.
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