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“What’s the one thing that never gets old? Listen how the story unfolds…”

Before you read any further, click this link for the blog post by the always illuminating Seth Godin (I’d also recommend this book of his expanding on the subject). What Mr. Godin understands so well is the importance of human connection and group activity for everything from art to household goods to ideas.

Holy trillion! The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) – of which RIAA is a member – recently issued its report titled Copyright Industries in the U.S. Economy: The 2013 Report that lists some statistics on the value provided by U.S. copyright industries – think music, movies, books, software, video games, and other sectors – to the U.S. economy, and they paint a compelling picture.

Remarks come as RIAA hits 35 million takedown requests to Google for illegal content

Those who follow @RIAA on Twitter or have caught our Chairman & CEO Cary Sherman presenting at a campus or forum near you know we often discuss examples of how music is a centrifugal force of commerce and culture.

In today’s workplace, with open office plans, telecommuting, and other distractions abounding, it’s a good thing that help is already widely available.

Today the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) implemented changes to its gross domestic product (GDP) calculation, including counting – for the first time ever – the money that is invested in recorded music and other creative works.

Apple’s announcement of the launch of its iTunes Radio service is understandably generating a lot of attention on the expanding number of streaming services and what it might mean and say about the online music marketplace. Here are some initial thoughts from my perspective.

The Super Bowl is a massive stage for the artists who get the opportunity to perform. The Nielsen Company offered some perspective last week, sharing some digital sales data for songs and artists who recently performed. Building off that data, we did a little more analysis to offer a bit more macro view.