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  • WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 4 2004 8:27 PM

Member of Academy Busted for Sharing Screener

The Associated Press reports that a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been expelled for giving away screener copies of the movies that he was to judge.
The expulsion was a part of an agreement that members of the Academy signed relating to the Academy's screener ban. A Federal judge reversed that order.
The Academy has not revealed the name of the expelled member.