Carmine Caridi

Carmine Caridi

Infobox actor
name = Carmine Caridi


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birthdate = January 23, 1934
birthplace = New York City

Carmine Caridi (born January 23, 1934) is an American television and film actor. He has appeared in a wide variety of roles over the past 30 years, most notably playing Albert Volpe in "The Godfather Part III" and Carmine Rosato in "The Godfather Part II". He is one of three actors to play two different roles in the Godfather films (the others being Frank Sivero, who played a young Genco Abbandondo in "Godfather Part II", and a bystander to the fight between Sonny Corleone and Carlo Rizzi in "The Godfather", and Sophia Coppola, who played Mary Corleone in "Godfather Part III", and the infant son of Carlo and Connie baptized in the final scenes of "The Godfather"). He also played Detective Vince Gotelli in the television series "NYPD Blue" between 1993-1999. He lives in West Hollywood.

Piracy incident

On January 13, 2004, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that it had identified a pirate copy of the film "Something's Gotta Give", circulated illegally on the Internet, as carrying markings identifying it as coming from a video sent to Caridi in his role as an Oscar voter. Pirate copies of "The Last Samurai", "Mystic River", "Big Fish" and "" were also said to have been traced to Caridi. The FBI subsequently began an investigation into the affair.

Later that month, the FBI charged Russell Sprague of Homewood, Illinois with criminal copyright infringement. Federal authorities allege that for at least three years, Caridi has given Sprague his screener copies of approximately 60 movies seeking consideration for the Academy Awards. According to the FBI affidavit, Caridi said that he sent his screeners via Federal Express to Mr. Sprague, who gave him FedEx boxes, pre-addressed labels and an account number. Caridi denied receiving money from Sprague, telling the FBI he believed that Sprague was a film buff.

Caridi and Sprague were sued by Sony and Time Warner on civil charges of copyright infringement. The studios are suing in the United States District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles, seeking damages of a minimum of $150,000 per movie, with hundreds of individual violations alleged. While awaiting trial on criminal charges, Sprague died of uncertain causes.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on February 3, 2004 that it was expelling Caridi for violating his agreement to safeguard their screeners, making him the first Academy member to be expelled under its new anti-piracy policy. [ [http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,832500,00.html Carmine Caridi, Motion Picture Academy Member Who Handed Over His Awards Screeners for Illegal Duplication, Ordered to Pay $300,000 to Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc ] ]

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