The IRS has released salary and spending figures for the executives of the RIAA and MPAA. They spent a bundle on lawsuits, and got paid a fortune:
Then-president Jack Valenti took home $1.4 million, executive vps Simon Barsky and William Murray banked $380,351 and $379,559 respectively, executive vp and general counsel Fritz Attaway received $285,263, senior vps Brad Hunt, Vans Stephenson and Ken Jacobsen got $269,172, $249,602 and $242,215 respectively, and senior vp and cfo Mark Howe was paid $198,975.