New Bill

[Jailbroken671]

New bill from congress about to be passed:
Bill S.978: Any copyrighted material uploaded to youtube/internet could get you 5 years in prison.

[Ed]

wtf that shit's retarded

[Kolyde]

keyword, COULD.

[SilenceKill.]

ive got a warning from youtube cause did something i didnt may do, and that if i do it again i can go to course orsomething.

But, im just a kid

[YellowFever]

Just don't get caught

[[MPGH]Wyo]

is this true?

[Jailbroken671]

ive got a warning from youtube cause did something i didnt may do, and that if i do it again i can go to course orsomething.

But, im just a kid

kids can go to jail, prolly for a reduced sentence, but they still go

[SilenceKill.]

If your 13 you cant go in any way to jail, only a much of other things :P

[[MPGH]Thunder]

That shits gay, youtube banned my youtube account because of copyrighted shit

[[MPGH]Wyo]

So VEVO wins? my account i will check if is banned.

[Stevenom]

So it finally passed...

[m0k1]

hmmm so i will go in yail for 300 years ? LOL i uploaded a tons of torrents to tpb '.' i uploaded a files to rs and other file hosting sites LOL


So Ukraina <3 in ukraina warez is allowed and in Singapor too ! We must to move to ukraina LOL

we are anonymous we are legion we do not forgive we do not forget expect us

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It's cOLD in here

[[MPGH]AVGN]

Calendar No. 77

112th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 978

To amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 12, 2011

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. CORNYN, and Mr. COONS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

June 20 (legislative day, June 16), 2011

Reported by Mr. LEAHY, without amendment


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A BILL

To amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CRIMINAL INFRINGEMENT OF A COPYRIGHT.

(a) Amendments to Section 2319 of Title 18- Section 2319 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in subsection (b)--

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and

(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

‘(2) shall be imprisoned not more than 5 years, fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both, if--

‘(A) the offense consists of 10 or more public performances by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copyrighted works; and

‘(B)(i) the total retail value of the performances, or the total economic value of such public performances to the infringer or to the copyright owner, would exceed $2,500; or

‘(ii) the total fair market value of licenses to offer performances of those works would exceed $5,000;’; and

(2) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:

‘(2) the terms ‘reproduction’, ‘distribution’, and ‘public performance’ refer to the exclusive rights of a copyright owner under clauses (1), (3), (4), and (6), respectively of section 106 (relating to exclusive rights in copyrighted works), as limited by sections 107 through 122, of title 17;’.

(b) Amendment to Section 506 of Title 17- Section 506(a) of title 17, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting ‘or public performance’ after ‘distribution’ the first place it appears; and

(2) in paragraph (3)--

(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘or public performance’ after ‘unauthorized distribution’; and

(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘or public performance’ after ‘distribution’.

Calendar No. 77

112th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 978

A BILL

To amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes.


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June 20 (legislative day, June 16), 2011

Reported without amendment

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You have to upload 6 within a 6 month period

but i wonder if you seed does this count as uploading?