Post: Senate Bill Could Put Stop To Streaming Media
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07-02-2011, 09:02 PM
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The Open Minded
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Source: You must login or register to view this content. // By: The Open Minded // Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
Well not ALL streaming media. The bill that is in the works, Senate bill S.978, would change the way copyright laws for media streamed on the internet are enforced. It would make it illegal for anyone to post media that is copyrighted without the express written consent of the owner.
Now what this means for us, is that anything from posting Call of Duty montages, to the music we use on them, would now be illegal. People who add lyrics to songs on Youtube would now be fined or sent to jail for doing so.
The other part of this bill that has people up in arms is the division of it that would make embedding copyrighted media on an unauthorized website, such as NGU, illegal.
The punishment for breaking the rules of this new bill would include up to 5 years in prison for anyone who posts more that 10 unauthorized works in a 180 day period.
While I do not support this bill, I do see why it is trying to be passed. The amount of copyright infringement that happens is astonishing. Companies lose billions a year from the use and sharing of pirated material.
Now this would have no direct effect on downloading anything from a torrent or file sharing site. You would still be able to do these things. This ONLY affects streaming media such as Youtube, Google Video, or any other streaming media, such as music.
So what do you think about this? Do you think it could get passed? If it does get passed would you still post videos or other material containing copyrighted works?
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07-03-2011, 05:39 PM
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07-03-2011, 06:02 PM
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ghostbear
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Originally posted by Clutch
People would find ways around it, no worries.
It does just go to show how out of touch today's politicians are though w/ modern technology, I'm starting to think firing every politician the US/UK has and replacing them w/ 20YO equivalents would actually be a good idea
It does just go to show how out of touch today's politicians are though w/ modern technology, I'm starting to think firing every politician the US/UK has and replacing them w/ 20YO equivalents would actually be a good idea
Actually we could replace them with monkeys, and get an improvement. Though bribes of bananas would be a problem.
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