Poke Trainer J
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The U.S. Senate is trying to pass this bill called the "Commercial Felony Streaming Act" that would make unauthorized streaming of copyrighted material for the purpose of "commercial advantage or personal financial gain", a felony. (currently unauthorized streaming only counts as a misdemeanor.)
The penalty could include up to 5 years in jail, it also defines illegal streaming as streaming ten or more times in a 180 day period. The value of the illegally streamed material would have to be greater than $2,500, or the licensing fees would have to be over $5,000.
This bill has been getting ALOT of heat from YouTube users concerning as to whether the bill itself would affect those who stream or post videos of copyrighted content (videogames, TV shows, music) on public sites such as YouTube. There's a site called DemandProgress.org where over 500,000 people have signed on to oppose the bill.
It's been stated that the bill isn't intended to affect the aforementioned aspects, instead it would only target websites or people who profit from illegally streaming copyrighted material. But there's more bad news. Looks like the U.S. Government is trying to pass a new bill similiar to S.978 but MUCH worse called the Protect IP Bill, the video below explains more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAtSfNh9B0c
The Protect IP Bill Itself:
http://leahy.senate.gov/imo/media/do...OTECTIPAct.pdf
You can still petition this bill by going on the link below, what the Government is doing is not only unconstitutional but also illegal and we need to take action now!
http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/pipa_house/
The penalty could include up to 5 years in jail, it also defines illegal streaming as streaming ten or more times in a 180 day period. The value of the illegally streamed material would have to be greater than $2,500, or the licensing fees would have to be over $5,000.
This bill has been getting ALOT of heat from YouTube users concerning as to whether the bill itself would affect those who stream or post videos of copyrighted content (videogames, TV shows, music) on public sites such as YouTube. There's a site called DemandProgress.org where over 500,000 people have signed on to oppose the bill.
It's been stated that the bill isn't intended to affect the aforementioned aspects, instead it would only target websites or people who profit from illegally streaming copyrighted material. But there's more bad news. Looks like the U.S. Government is trying to pass a new bill similiar to S.978 but MUCH worse called the Protect IP Bill, the video below explains more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAtSfNh9B0c
The Protect IP Bill Itself:
http://leahy.senate.gov/imo/media/do...OTECTIPAct.pdf
You can still petition this bill by going on the link below, what the Government is doing is not only unconstitutional but also illegal and we need to take action now!
http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/pipa_house/
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