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Links to sites that discuss laws affecting the music and entertainment industry.  For trademarks, patents, or copyrights, see Federal Courts & Government (U.S. Copyright Office or U.S. Patent & Trademark Office).
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1   Link   Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its mission is to foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes our members' creative and financial vitality. Its members are the record companies that comprise the most vibrant national music industry in the world. RIAA members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States. 		206
2   Link   Music & Film Industry Association of America
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3   Link   Motion Picture Association of America
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and its international counterpart, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) serve as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries, domestically through the MPAA and internationally through the MPA. Today, these associations represent not only the world of theatrical film, but serve as leader and advocate for major producers and distributors of entertainment programming for television, cable, home video and future delivery systems not yet imagined. 		208
4   Link   Texas Music Office
The Texas Music Office (TMO) is a state-funded business promotion office and information clearinghouse for the Texas music industry. The TMO assists more than 14,000 individual clients each year, ranging from a new band trying to make statewide business contacts to BBC journalists seeking information on Down South Hip hop. The TMO is the sister office to the Texas Film Commission, both of which are within the Office of the Governor.

The TMO serves the Texas music industry by using its Business Referral Network: Texas Music Industry (7,300 Texas music businesses in 96 music business categories); Texas Music Events (690 Texas music events); Texas Talent Register (7,200 Texas recording artists); Texas Radio Stations (824 Texas stations); US Music Contacts; Classical Texas (detailed information for all classical music organizations in Texas); and International (949 foreign businesses interested in Texas music). 		211
5   Link   Texas Film Commission
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