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SF - The Dark Warrior

Posted on 07-25-11 06:31 PM

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Is this the right thread to make this post? If not, please move this.

Gamers, I have troubling news. In the US, a bill known as Bill S.978 which would criminalize the uploading and streaming of video games and music videos on the internet unless they have permission from the companies who make the games. This is NO JOKE, it would make uploading videos a felony in the US and carry a maximum imprisonment of five years if

1) Make or offer 10 or more public performances by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copyrighted works; and

2) If the total retail value of the performances, or the total economic value of such public performances to the infringer or to the copyright owner, could exceed $2,500; or

3) the total fair market value of licenses to offer performances of those works would exceed $5,000.

This is serious, theyre are petitions online that are opposed to the bill.

This is the full text of the bill: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s112-978

ninjablooper

Posted on 07-25-11 08:45 PM

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I'm not sure if this is true, but I heard it was rejected. A lot of people were saying it, but none provided proof.

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Posted on 07-26-11 12:33 AM

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I heard of this and immediately dismissed it as bullshit.

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blackhole89

Posted on 07-26-11 12:39 AM

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Whose interest would this even be in? The game publishers would risk being deprived of all possibilities of viral marketing.

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Posted on 07-26-11 12:41 AM (rev. 2 of 07-26-11 12:43 AM)

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Posted by blackhole89
Whose interest would this even be in? The game publishers would risk being deprived of all possibilities of viral marketing.

It's "aimed" at stopping the progression of "piracy" caused by uploading music and music videos and television shows and etc. to Youtube etc.

You know, the least popular method of piracy on the internet.

Also, the key here is that it isn't targeted specifically at any one type of media (in this case, what everyone's whining about is how it'll affect games), but at any and all copyrightable media.

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