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S. 978, A bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes
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S. 978 would amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright.
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Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 6/16/2011: Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.
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Josh Taylor
June 7, 2011, 2:25pm (report abuse)I read the bill and it has more loopholes. It not only goes after streaming videos, but webcam videos, fan art, avatars, discussions on forums. It will arrest independent news reporters, truthers,
Post fan stuff and you get 5 years in prison.
Protect-IP was a decoy to get this bill past Wyden without even preventing it from getting it to the full Senate.
Josh Taylor
June 10, 2011, 1:42pm (report abuse)I would like to point out to this bill again that running a Youtube/Dailymotion/BlogTV without a license and watching streams of TV shows and movies is a felony.
If you don't have a license to operate a YouTube channel, you get 5 years in prison. This is like the FCC cracking down on Pirate TV stations that are running without a license.
Corporates are treating Youtube channels as pirate TV stations.
Families and friends will go to jail for watching and streaming home movies even if it doesn't contain a copyrighted audio in it.
VOTE NO.
Patriots
(logged-in user) October 28, 2011, 7:46pm (report abuse)Bill Being Considered In Congress Could Shut Down Social Media Sites Crucial To ‘Occupy’ Protests
In what would be a stunning disregard for First Amendment rights, rumors are swirling that the Republican controlled Congress is now considering a new bill that could blackout sites such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and other sites that utilize content generated by users. Phones such as iPhone, Android, AmazonCloud, Pandora, Grooveshark and even your email accounts would be adversely affected.
Some provisions in the bill would make it a “felony to stream unlicensed content — including cover band performances, karaoke videos, video game play-throughs, and more.” Major profit driven corporations are the driving force behind such a bill.
Patriots
(logged-in user) October 28, 2011, 7:47pm (report abuse)This bill could also effectively silence the ‘Occupy’ movement that has swept the nation by killing information sharing. Most Americans currently get most of their news about ‘Occupy’ through social media. If social media sites were to shut down because of the bill, Americans would be less likely to see ‘Occupy’ footage and would thus be in the dark, forcing us all to rely on corporate owned media sources. This bill is dangerous and would be a major blow to constitutionally protected freedom of speech. This is nothing more than government sponsored censorship and must be stopped.
Please make your voice heard and demand that Congress kill this bill. You can take action here.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2…es-crucial-to-occupy-protests/
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