The COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress includes the Felony Streaming Bill, which makes illegal streaming for profit a felony, with up to 10 years jail time
Targeting illegal for-profit streaming providers, not individual users — The US Congress has passed a COVID-19 stimulus bill …
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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This is why Congress needs time to actually read this package before voting on it. Members of Congress have not read this bill. It's over 5000 pages, arrived at 2pm today, and we are told to expect a vote on it in 2 hours. This isn't governance. It's hostage-taking. https://twitt…
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@mmasnick
Mike Masnick
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What happened yesterday with copyright and the omnibus bill is a total and complete travesty. Even people who think it's good law (it's not) should be upset. https://www.techdirt.com/...
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Julia Reda
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New draft US #copyright bill takes the worst of EU #uploadfilter provisions & adds even worse ideas: cutting off internet for alleged infringement. Internet access is a human right. During the pandemic, losing Internet can mean losing your job & education. https://www.eff.org/...
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@senthomtillis
Senator Thom Tillis
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Bipartisan legislation I led with @SenatorLeahy to fight illegal streaming by criminal organizations will be signed into law this week. It will end commercial piracy by criminal organizations and will not apply to internet users. https://www.tillis.senate.gov/ ...
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@elizaorlins
Eliza Orlins
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One of the things in this 5000 page bill (that no one had time to read) includes criminalizing using copyrighted content as a felony. The last thing we need is more felony charges during a pandemic where COVID is ravaging jails and prisons. FYI: pg 2539 https://rules.house.gov/..…
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@jeffjarvis
Jeff Jarvis
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Creativity held hostage by Congress. Appalling. ‘This Is Atrocious’: Congress Crams Language to Criminalize Online Streaming, Meme-Sharing Into 5,500-Page Omnibus Bill - https://www.commondreams.org/ ... via @commondreams
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@harikunzru
Hari Kunzru
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There's a truly insane provision in this about terminating your internet access for a single alleged copyright violation https://twitter.com/...
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@eff
@eff
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The darkest day of the year for copyright is here. https://www.eff.org/...
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@evan_greer
Evan Greer
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“This draft bill contains so many hoops & new regulations that the only Internet companies that will be able to keep up and keep on the “right” side of the law will be the Big Tech companies, who already have the resources and, frankly, the money to do so” https://www.eff.org/...
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@eff
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Hollywood gets presents, the rest of us get coal, in today's disastrous copyright proposal https://www.eff.org/...
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@quinnypig
Corey Quinn
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Yes, “a decade in prison” seems a proportionate response to running a bootleg movie theater. Good work, Congress. https://twitter.com/...