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Home Front: Politix
Embedding YouTube Videos Would Bring Felony Charge
2011-06-03
If Senate bill 978 passes, embedding a YouTube video on the Internet may bring you a felony charge if more than 10 people view it. The person owning the website and people associated with them could face up to five years in prison if a posted video is found to have violated a copyright and more than ten people viewed it.

The article goes on to say that this bill also lays the groundwork to criminalize even linking to copyrighted information and the shutting down of "alternative media". The article contains a link to the full text of the proposed legislation.


Posted by:crosspatch

#4  If Republicans wanted to do something useful with copyright law they would be repealing the DMCA and the Mickey Mouse protection act. Who are they going to piss off? Hollywood? Oh noes!
Posted by: Iblis   2011-06-03 21:31  

#3  Last I checked, Cornyn was a republican.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2011-06-03 20:59  

#2  Hopefully this bill dies a quick death--either in committee or in the House. This bill was introduced by liberal democrats: Senators KLOBUCHAR, CORNYN, and COONS. Another attempt at shutting down freedoms on the internet.
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-06-03 19:35  

#1  Washington doing its best to remove the last of our freedoms and impose only what it wants us to watch.

Hopefully this dies in committee.
Posted by: DarthVader   2011-06-03 18:56  

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