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The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is a trade group that consists of record labels and distributors, among other private corporate entities. The RIAA makes the claim that they "create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States." Formed in 1952 as an effort to monitor and regulate technical standards of frequency response of vinyl records. Though the Association still participates in the creation and administration of technical standards for music media, their primary significance today is in the collection, administration, and distribution of music licenses and royalties. They also certify sales of an album to qualify it as gold or platinum. The RIAA's stated goals are as follows:
   1. to protect intellectual property rights worldwide and the First Amendment rights of artists;
   2. to perform research about the music industry;
   3. to monitor and review relevant laws, regulations and policies.
Involved in a deluge of lawsuits against users of unauthorized file sharing programs (typically involving a fine of $750 per song file), in late 2008 the RIAA redirected their efforts to working with internet service providers. Instead of contacting the individual user, the RIAA is attempting to notify the user's ISP who then, in turn, issues some threat of discontinued service to the user.

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