Post by Tifa Lockhart on Jul 10, 2011 17:25:56 GMT -5
Well, not sure if some of you are aware of the bill that is trying to be passed or not, but according to several sources, it's very poorly wrote. From what everyone is saying, it wouldn't only make it fully illegal to download/upload movies and music (which, yeah I can agree, that's wrong) it would ALSO include ANY sort of video that would possibly have clips of game content, music, etc. Basically, it'd royally fuck over any sort of fan made material period. Plus it would fine some of the most gifted and artistic minds I've come to love (which is fucking bullshit)
But don't take my word for it, please watch this and respond accordingly.
I've already wrote my congress, it didn't take me five minutes and I was done. I'm also having Ash fill this out and I'll see if I can get my older sis to as well.
Hope everyone here is in this with me. We need to make a stand and not let this slide. If it does.... I don't even want to think of it honestly...
More Info (taken directly from the appeal page which is also linked into the video above)
URGENT: Congress Wants To Make Streaming A Felony
Tell Congress to oppose S. 978, the new "Ten Strikes" bill
Here they go again: Big business's lobbyists are launching another attack on Internet freedom. Senators are considering a "Ten Strikes" bill to make it a felony to stream copyrighted content -- like music in the background of a Youtube video -- more than ten times.
As the writers at TechDirt point out, under this bill you could go to jail for posting video of your friends singing karaoke:
The entertainment industry is freaking out about sites that embed and stream infringing content, and want law enforcement to put people in jail over it, rather than filing civil lawsuits.... We already pointed to one possibility: that people embedding YouTube videos could face five years in jail. Now, others are pointing out that it could also put kids who lip sync to popular songs, and post the resulting videos on YouTube, in jail as well.
That's right: Ten strikes and you could get jail time. Less than a month ago, the Hollywood industry magazine, Variety, reported, "Industry lobbyists pressed House members on Wednesday to pass legislation that would make illegal streaming of movies, TV shows and other types of content a felony...."
Only a few weeks later, the MPAA is getting its wish. Will you email your lawmakers and tell them to vote against the Ten Strikes Bill? Just add your info at right to automatically send this note to them, under your name and from your address. (You can edit the letter if you'd like to.)
But don't take my word for it, please watch this and respond accordingly.
I've already wrote my congress, it didn't take me five minutes and I was done. I'm also having Ash fill this out and I'll see if I can get my older sis to as well.
Hope everyone here is in this with me. We need to make a stand and not let this slide. If it does.... I don't even want to think of it honestly...
More Info (taken directly from the appeal page which is also linked into the video above)
URGENT: Congress Wants To Make Streaming A Felony
Tell Congress to oppose S. 978, the new "Ten Strikes" bill
Here they go again: Big business's lobbyists are launching another attack on Internet freedom. Senators are considering a "Ten Strikes" bill to make it a felony to stream copyrighted content -- like music in the background of a Youtube video -- more than ten times.
As the writers at TechDirt point out, under this bill you could go to jail for posting video of your friends singing karaoke:
The entertainment industry is freaking out about sites that embed and stream infringing content, and want law enforcement to put people in jail over it, rather than filing civil lawsuits.... We already pointed to one possibility: that people embedding YouTube videos could face five years in jail. Now, others are pointing out that it could also put kids who lip sync to popular songs, and post the resulting videos on YouTube, in jail as well.
That's right: Ten strikes and you could get jail time. Less than a month ago, the Hollywood industry magazine, Variety, reported, "Industry lobbyists pressed House members on Wednesday to pass legislation that would make illegal streaming of movies, TV shows and other types of content a felony...."
Only a few weeks later, the MPAA is getting its wish. Will you email your lawmakers and tell them to vote against the Ten Strikes Bill? Just add your info at right to automatically send this note to them, under your name and from your address. (You can edit the letter if you'd like to.)