Industry Entities/Organizations

Question 1

RIAA

Answer 1

Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States

Question 2

AFM

Answer 2

80,000 musicians comprise the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM)

Question 3

SAG-AFTRA

Answer 3

Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is an American labor union representing approximately 160,000 film and television actors, journalists, radio personalities, recording artists, singers, voice actors, etc.

Question 4

WGA

Answer 4

joint efforts of two different US labor unions representing TV and film writers: The Writers Guild of America, East, headquartered in New York City and affiliated with the AFL–CIO The Writers Guild of America West, headquartered in Los Angeles

Question 5

DGA

Answer 5

Directors Guild of America is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad

Question 6

IATSE

Answer 6

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees is a North American labor union representing over 150,000 technicians, artisans, and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live theatre, motion picture and television production, and trade shows in the United States and Canada

Question 7

Harry Fox Agency

Answer 7

provider of rights management and collector and distributor of mechanical license fees on behalf of music publishers in the United States

Question 8

SoundExchange

Answer 8

non-profit collective rights management organization and sole organization designated by the U.S. Congress to collect and distribute digital performance royalties for sound recordings

Question 9

IFPI

Answer 9

International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide

Question 10

BMI

Answer 10

Broadcast Music, Inc. is a performance rights organization in the United States; it collects blanket license fees from businesses that use music, entitling those businesses to play or sync any songs from BMI’s repertoire of over 17 million compositions

Question 11

ASCAP

Answer 11

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members’ musical works to venues, broadcasters, and digital streaming services