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How out of touch are these people?
Jun. 17th, 2011 02:08 amhttp://minnesotaindependent.com/82779/klobuchar-bill-would-make-it-a-felony-to-unlawfully-stream-copyrighted-performances-online
A bill introduced last month by Sen. Amy Klobuchar could make it a felony criminal act to stream copyrighted “performances” online without permission. The bill — “To amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes,” or S. 978 — assigns a maximum 5-year prison term for those convicted of streaming “10 or more public performances by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copyrighted works” and in cases where the “total retail value” of those performances to its owner exceeds $2,500 or the value of licensing of the works exceeds $5,000.
I'm going to have to make a video about this, then have someone else upload it to YouTube so the final tagline can be, "And now, for watching my copyrighted work uploaded by someone else, you're going to jail!!!!"
A bill introduced last month by Sen. Amy Klobuchar could make it a felony criminal act to stream copyrighted “performances” online without permission. The bill — “To amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes,” or S. 978 — assigns a maximum 5-year prison term for those convicted of streaming “10 or more public performances by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copyrighted works” and in cases where the “total retail value” of those performances to its owner exceeds $2,500 or the value of licensing of the works exceeds $5,000.
I'm going to have to make a video about this, then have someone else upload it to YouTube so the final tagline can be, "And now, for watching my copyrighted work uploaded by someone else, you're going to jail!!!!"
