Tauzin not the next Valenti

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Kevin Roderick • January 23 2004 6:28 PM

Rep. Billy Tauzin has turned down the MPAA's offer to take over for Jack Valenti. Instead, he'll apparently become the highest paid trade association lobbyist in the country. Wash Post, LA Times, Hollywood Reporter, Variety.

Meanwhile, the FBI says actor and Academy member Carmine Caridi admits sending screener videos to a suspected movie pirater in Illinois. The man was charged today with violating copyright laws and illegally obtaining satellite television signals.

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