US Congress: The End of "Let's Play" and Gaming Stream videos?

[Marcem]

To me, it looks as if they're changing it to include modern media like streaming and all.  There is currently a law just like this in place for older media.  It states that if you create at least 10 copies of 1 or more copyrighted work within 180 days, and if it exceeds the value of $2500, you will be punished.  If you posted something that would be illegal, you won't be punished for a single video.  If you devote the entire youtube account to posting copyrighted works, however, you could be punished.  Let's Plays would still fall under fair use, and would remain as they are.  Posting a full song or movie without proper consent from the original author would be considered illegal under this bill.  This is no big deal, to my understanding.  I don't find that there is a point to posting songs on youtube other than to get views on your channel, especially with Vevo integrated with Youtube and services like iCloud and Spotify coming very soon. 

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[Jay the Cartoonist]

especially with Vevo integrated with Youtube and services like iCloud and Spotify coming very soon. 

But we all know how much Youtube likes to whine about Vevo 

[CpW]

Wow. I don't know what the hell they were thinking when they set out this bill.
What the forget, government.

[fred da kiko]

i would imagine game companies would put a public disclaimer saying it is ok to stream their games, that means companies like or activision or nintendo. the bill probably won't be enforced very much anyway. i'm not worried. there's a chance it won't pass, we need to remember that they put video games under the first amendment, meaning that congress gives a stuff about video games.

[CpW]

i would imagine game companies would put a public disclaimer saying it is ok to stream their games, that means companies like or activision or nintendo. the bill probably won't be enforced very much anyway. i'm not worried. there's a chance it won't pass, we need to remember that they put video games under the first amendment, meaning that congress gives a stuff about video games.

Or mabye the bill could be supressed down to disallowing only the streaming of full TV shows, or something like that.
This bill won't pass, and I don't think that they would even dare allow it without the public's say.

[Kalphiter]

meaning that congress gives a stuff about video games.

supreme court =/= senate/house

[Littledude]

lol a bunch of fat nerds rampaging the whitehouse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au7UYaqpJw8

[Dnitro]

/limit free speech

[Altered]

/limit free speech

/jail machinima

[Kearn]

cool someone cant read and see this is the third thread

[Mecha]

/jail machinima

/forgetover everyone

[DontCare4Free]

If this happens.

forget it, I'm moving to Sweden.

I do find it a bit funny that Sweden is always the country people mention as a poster-child for a "good" country when americans complain over some new legislation in America.

I don't find that there is a point to posting songs on youtube other than to get views on your channel, especially with Vevo integrated with Youtube and services like iCloud and Spotify coming very soon.

Coming soon, eh?
iCloud has existed for years, although it was recently renamed to CloudMe.
Spotify has also existed since at least 2008.

[Momentum]

I do find it a bit funny that Sweden is always the country people mention as a poster-child for a "good" country when americans complain over some new legislation in America.

He wants to go there because that is where minecraft is made you silly

[otto-san]

He wants to go there because that is where minecraft is made you silly

Sweden is a good country though.

If I needed to go somewhere other than America to live, it'd be Sweden.

If that didn't work out because of the language barrier, maybe I can just go to live in the UK.

[DontCare4Free]

Sweden is a good country though.

If I needed to go somewhere other than America to live, it'd be Sweden.

If that didn't work out because of the language barrier, maybe I can just go to live in the UK.

Sweden is probably one of the non-native-english countries in the world with the best english knowledge though.