National Association of Recording Merchandisers

"NARM" redirects here. For other uses, see NARM (disambiguation).

The National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) is a United States not-for-profit trade association based in Marlton, New Jersey that serves music retailing businesses in lobbying and trade promotion. Established in 1958, the Association's membership includes music and other entertainment retailers, wholesalers, distributors, record labels, multimedia suppliers, and suppliers of related products and services, as well as individual professionals and educators in the music business field.

According to its Mission Statement, NARM "advances the promotion, marketing, distribution, and sale of music and entertainment by providing its members with a forum for diverse meeting and networking opportunities, information, and education to support their businesses, as well as advocating for their common interests.".

NARM retail members operate 7,000 storefronts that account for almost 85% of the music sold in the $12 billion U.S. music market.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Digital Rights Management

External links

• Official site
• Rights locks 'must be simplified', BBC News, July 31, 2006
• NARM comments to U.S. Congress on Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• Suit Accuses Sony Music of Unfair Online Acts, New York Times, February 1, 2000