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Lawmakers Pushing Bill That Could Land YouTube Lip-Sync Artists Behind Bars

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Lawmakers Pushing Bill That Could Land YouTube Lip-Synch Artists Behind Bars - FoxNews.com

Senate Bill 978, a bipartisan measure introduced last month by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Sen. Christopher Coons (D-Del.), is backed by supporters who say it closes glaring loopholes in current copyright infringement law created by the realities of the digital age.

“As technology rapidly evolves, our laws must be updated to protect creativity and innovation,” said a statement by Cornyn.

But critics say a section of the bill provides for steep penalties -- up to five years in prison -- for “publicly performing” copyrighted material and embedding the video to sites like YouTube.
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This is pressing?
 
I thought Youtube had settled this with the amateur video folks a year, or so ago.

What the **** does Congress have to get involved for? Buncha' ****in' clowns.
 
apdst said:
I thought Youtube had settled this with the amateur video folks a year, or so ago.

What the **** does Congress have to get involved for? Buncha' ****in' clowns.
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I'm pretty much with you on this one. Seems to me that this should be a non-issue. If some kid lip-syncs to the Jonas Brothers and it makes some other kid all super geeky over the Jonas Brothers well then, boom...Jonas Brothers/record labels benefit. This doesn't seem to harm the recording industry in any way, and, quite frankly, is not an issue our govt should be focused on when there are real, pressing issues.
 
Not to disrespect copyright law, but all this will do is stifle good fun.

Meanwhile, off the cliff we go while government dithers.
 
Just goes to show that the corporate lobbiests who you know wrote the draft for this bill get to override the more important matters of national politics with their petty business schemes.

So sick of the cronyism and total lack of priorities.
 
Nero fiddled.......
 
apdst said:
I thought Youtube had settled this with the amateur video folks a year, or so ago.

What the **** does Congress have to get involved for? Buncha' ****in' clowns.
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to be fair, people who lip-synch are also clowns.
 
I know it isn't lip syncing...but imagine if we could see things like this:

 
tessaesque said:
Apparently it's the fact that they're playing copyrighted music in the background without permission.
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It is the law but it needs to be changed to where it's only covered if someone makes money from it or as is done on Radio for theme songs. Little kids should be left alone.



Under the new law as I understand it posting this video will be a Violation as well
 
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Copyright infringement.

/thread, seriously.
 
Wake said:
Copyright infringement.

/thread, seriously.
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I do believe intent should matter for something. That a law exists does not imply or suggest that the law is well-written or effective. Instead of risking million dollar suits and federal jail time for these (often) kids, our legislators should be defining intent w/i existing law.
 
I am on some internet/media freedom watchdog email lists and receive all sorts of notifications on bills lobbyists are trying to push. You wouldn't believe some of the things the music and movie industry try to get get put into law. Unfortunately I do not save the emails so you will just have to trust me on it. Some of the more drastic things I remember in recent months are:
  • If you play a radio or TV in the work area and other employees can see or hear the broadcast they want you to purchase a broadcasting license and pay the appropriate fees. So for example a car garage with two mechanics want to play a radio in the back, one has to purchase a license since the other employee may be able to hear it.

  • If you DVR a movie or television show they want to limit it to a 1 time free view. For example if the husband comes home from work at 3 pm and watches a soap opera he recorded during the day and then his wife comes home at 6 pm and wants to watch the recorded soap opera, they want to charge a usage fee on your wife and any other views the recorded program receives.


    And I believe this bill recently passed..

  • The government now has the power to shut down any domain or access to that domain from US citizens that has been reported as having copyrighted material. So for example China has a youtube like website that may broadcast music videos without having a US broadcasters license, the US can shut down our access to that site on US soil.

I feel our internet as we know it may be forever be changed in the coming years.
 
This is horse****!!!!!
Repressive horse****!!!!!
 
Holy Crap, Dem Soc and I agree.

I thought the whole nature of Copyright was that they intended to make money from the work? If they are doing it to share the love of the artist through lip synching or parodying (is that a word) arent they really benefitting the artist rather than harming them? Last, no harm is intended, to get into civil litigation its going to be mighty hard to prove malice on the part of people saying how much they love something and doing a tribute to it.
 
OpportunityCost said:
Holy Crap, Dem Soc and I agree.

I thought the whole nature of Copyright was that they intended to make money from the work? If they are doing it to share the love of the artist through lip synching or parodying (is that a word) arent they really benefitting the artist rather than harming them? Last, no harm is intended, to get into civil litigation its going to be mighty hard to prove malice on the part of people saying how much they love something and doing a tribute to it.
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Hey man its one of those things. Im all about freedom bra!
 
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