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    Default Pirating Streamed Content to Become Felony

    So this seems off the bat like heartening news, though of course most of the scumbags are already located where law can't really reach them. What do you think?

    https://www.tvtechnology.com/amp/new...-become-felony
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    Default Re: Pirating Streamed Content to Become Felony

    This seems like overkill and won't be used to protect the likes of us anyway. A sex worker is much more likely to wind up in jail for downloading the The Mandalorian than she is to see someone else sent to jail for pirating her content.

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    Default Re: Pirating Streamed Content to Become Felony

    Good. If it’s enforced.

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    Default Re: Pirating Streamed Content to Become Felony

    Some people are just clueless that it's illegal to reshare copyrighted adult content. A model I worked with some time back got a user who downloaded content off her site and then put it on tubes. Under the same username. Naturally, we gave him the ban hammer and oddly he came back complaining. When I explained to him that it is theft and illegal to re-share that content, he was honestly perplexed and surprised - he hadn't known he did anything wrong. This is not so common - most of the thieves know what they're doing, but it does happen. If nothing else, if this law makes it clear and obvious that re-sharing copyrighted content, adult or not, is theft, that alone would still be useful.
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    Default Re: Pirating Streamed Content to Become Felony

    We should all read the Covid 19 Relief bill to see what other acts and deals were stuffed into it.

    WASHINGTON—Illegally pirating streaming video could put guilty parties in jail thanks to a new bill. The Protecting Lawful Streaming Act introduced by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) was included in the omnibus spending bill of the COVID-19 relief bill that was passed by Congress on Dec. 21.

    Under Tillis’ bill, any person that pirates video streams of copyrighted work will have committed a felony act and be subject to either fines or imprisonment. The previous penalty for pirating streaming content was a misdemeanor.

    The bill targets large-scale, criminal, for-profit streaming services, not good faith business disputes or noncommercial activities. Nor does it target individuals who access the pirated streams, knowingly or unknowingly.

    Streaming has become increasingly popular in the last few years, particularly in 2020 as the global pandemic has changed viewing habits as people have more time during lockdowns. This new bill brings the pirating of streamed content on the same level of other pirating efforts, including the illegal downloading of copyrighted content.

    Co-sponsoring the bill with Tillis is Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.).

    NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith issued a statement saying the association strongly supports the passing of the Protecting Lawful Streaming Act and how it is "tailored to deter large-scale copyright piracy while ensuring that legitimate licenses are not subject to potential prosecution."

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