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Geek Culture / [LOCKED] URGENT: Congress Wants To Make Streaming A Felony

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Sasuke
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Posted: 13th Jul 2011 21:12 Edited at: 13th Jul 2011 21:17
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Senators are considering a "Ten Strikes" bill (S.978) to make it a felony to stream copyrighted content.

The Bill: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s112-978

I'll let X and DSP explain it's affects:



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AJ Schaeffer
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Posted: 13th Jul 2011 21:20
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Isn't there already a thread on this...

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Sasuke
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Posted: 13th Jul 2011 21:21 Edited at: 13th Jul 2011 21:25
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I did a quick search. If there is then MODS remove this thread please.

Edit: God I hate the search function, manually searching each page gave much better results, REMOVE THREAD PLEASE
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CoffeeGrunt
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Posted: 13th Jul 2011 21:26
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You're about a month too late for this boyo. Read it properly, and realise noone is gunna care about enforcing this.

What is all the fuss about anyway?
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Quik
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Posted: 13th Jul 2011 21:57
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Quote: "Edit: God I hate the search function, manually searching each page gave much better results, REMOVE THREAD PLEASE "


you know, searching the first 3 pages is included in the whole search if there already was a thread like this thing..

and for the record, I am a man.

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Sasuke
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Posted: 13th Jul 2011 22:17
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Looking at my history, I searched "bill S.978." Whoops , stupid full-stop on the end.
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