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#1 2011-07-10 07:47:42
- GarSkutherGirl
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What is this GARBAGE?!
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...."
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#2 2011-07-10 07:54:37
Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
I do D:
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#3 2011-07-10 08:18:43
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
That's crazy.
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#4 2011-07-10 08:23:02
- degscratcher
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
All I have to say is... THIS BILL SUCKS!
If you want to keep the internet, vote no for SOPA and PIP. If you can't, tell your parents, your friends' parents! Sign petitions, do whatever you can! Say NOPA to SOPA!
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#5 2011-07-10 08:25:02
- agscratcher
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
Obviously Viacom has hijacked the government.
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#6 2011-07-10 08:27:20
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
D:
WHY??????
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#7 2011-07-10 08:46:31
Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
agscratcher wrote:
Obviously Viacom has hijacked the government.
This.
And this bill is [removed by moderator, who would still like to register his outrage about this bill.].
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#8 2011-07-10 08:52:58
- imsosuperswell1
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
I do that on my forums, with the youtube embed. This is crazy!!!!!!!!
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#9 2011-07-10 08:54:21
- Ace-Of-Hearts
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
I personally don't care
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#10 2011-07-10 09:00:38
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
Notch blogged about it.
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#12 2011-07-10 09:13:00
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
If it does, nice knowing you guys.
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#13 2011-07-10 09:27:30
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
wiimaster wrote:
Is this in the US? Canada too?
I've never heard of this but it sounds outrageous. Thats just stupid!
Is this actually happening? Has it been passed?
This is why the United Nations sucks. Its just an international government.
I am sure this is US only for now. They really have NO RIGHT TO MAKE LAWS FOR OTHER COUNTRIES.
George Washington said quite plainly, "No Permanent Alliances" in his farewell address...
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The Scratch team and everybody else, can, however, add some text to the Terms of Use that allows you to post videos and all that. 
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#14 2011-07-10 09:36:07
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What it is, the owner of the copyright would have to give everyone individual permission to use their copyrighted material on sites hosted in the USA, ie. Youtube
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#15 2011-07-10 09:36:29
- The_Dancing_Donut
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
This is just STUPID.
Is posting yourself singing a kareoke songgoing to hurt sales of records?
No.
It can only help sales.
There will be too many people breaking the law to enforce it FAIRLY... once you punish 1 person for it, you have to punish everyone!
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#16 2011-07-10 09:38:13
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We can all dance with paper bags with a "?" writen on it on our heads in the videos. Just don't get caught with the bag.
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#17 2011-07-10 09:41:16
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
The_Dancing_Donut wrote:
This is just STUPID.
Is posting yourself singing a kareoke songgoing to hurt sales of records?
No.
It can only help sales.
There will be too many people breaking the law to enforce it FAIRLY... once you punish 1 person for it, you have to punish everyone!
Namco...
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#18 2011-07-10 09:42:02
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
what-the wrote:
We can all dance with paper bags with a "?" writen on it on our heads in the videos. Just don't get caught with the bag.
Username, IP tracing, boom! Caught!
What does the law say about watching the videos?
And I think a youtube video with a song in it could hurt sales. Why buy it when you can listen for free?
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#19 2011-07-10 09:57:06
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
scimonster wrote:
The_Dancing_Donut wrote:
This is just STUPID.
Is posting yourself singing a kareoke songgoing to hurt sales of records?
No.
It can only help sales.
There will be too many people breaking the law to enforce it FAIRLY... once you punish 1 person for it, you have to punish everyone!Namco...
Another reason Namco is unfair. :S
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#20 2011-07-10 09:59:55
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
The_Dancing_Donut wrote:
scimonster wrote:
The_Dancing_Donut wrote:
This is just STUPID.
Is posting yourself singing a kareoke songgoing to hurt sales of records?
No.
It can only help sales.
There will be too many people breaking the law to enforce it FAIRLY... once you punish 1 person for it, you have to punish everyone!Namco...
Another reason Namco is unfair. :S
Why buy a song if you can listen for free?
Although, is plain old copyright infringement a felony?
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#21 2011-07-10 10:03:07
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
MaxtheWeirdo wrote:
Why buy a song if you can listen for free?
Although, is plain old copyright infringement a felony?
My dad listens to YouTube sounds even though we have the CD. D:
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#22 2011-07-10 10:09:47
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
Everybody! Put your votes here!
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#23 2011-07-10 10:12:02
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Politics ruin everything. This bill is [removed].
Edit: Wow, I guess the filters have gotten stricter...
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#25 2011-07-10 10:39:35
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Re: What is this GARBAGE?!
This can't be good.
Here's what could happen if the bill gets passed:
1. The government warns everyone to take down their YouTube videos and other media that contain copyrighted materials.
2. The majority of YouTubers protest and refuse to take down their vids.
3. The government interferes and sues YouTube unless it bans users with infringing content.
4. YouTube is forced to take action and 99.9% of its videos are removed.
5. As a result, YouTube loses 99.9% of its user traffic, starting a chain reaction of media removal from the internets.
6. Over time, more and more 'infringing' content is removed, effectively starting the decay of the internets, which will continue until the only content left on the internets is 'official.' The number of videos is no longer over 9000; thus, nobody really cares about the internets.
7. Since the internets are boring, Chuck Norris gets bored with the world and roundhouse kicks himself.
8. The universe implodes.
9. ???
10. Profit!
MORAL: If this bill gets passed, the universe will cease to exist.
Any questions?
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