US Congress Bill S. 978 Inadvertently Threatens Youtube Gaming Vids and Gaming Streams

TAKE ACTION NOW! EMAIL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES IN THIRTY SECONDS AT http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/ten_strikes/
AND MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!

More info:
DSP gives a more detailed description of the bill, and its ramifications:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hytigOSjJxc

UltraDavid of Shoryuken.com, a premier fighting game website & hub for fighting game streams, offers a lawyer's perspective on the legal issues of this bill:
http://shoryuken.com/2011/06/29/trolling-the-stream-by-ultradavid/

THIS BILL IS SUPPORTED BY MAJOR HOLLYWOOD LOBBIES, AND WILL REQUIRE A MASSIVE POPULAR BACKLASH IN ORDER TO PREVENT ITS PASSING IN ITS CURRENT ASS-BACKWARDS FORM. EMAIL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES NOW!!!

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[abyssofjosh]

seriously send an email on the 1st link its seriously fast as fuck to do, click put name and email then done

[TheTuninator]

@abyssofjosh -Yup! Takes thirty seconds, and if Congressmen get thousands of emails about this issue (something VERY possibly with the social networking power of the internet) they will seriously rethink rubber-stamping this bill. The only thing they care about is votes, so hit them where it hurts.

[SpeedyCraigerz]

wait, so even in a "Non-American country" you can still get finned and what not if the bill gets passed?!?

BULLSHIT!

[TheTuninator]

@SpeedyCraigerz -I don't think you can, because it's obviously under your country's legal system, and the US government isn't going to try and get somebody extradited for uploading Let's Plays.

However, since Youtube is an AMERICAN company, it's highly likely that foreign uploaders will be forced to pull their videos as well.

[TheTuninator]

@WhiteKids90 -

AMERICA WILL NEVER FALL TO COMMUNIST INVASION!

[TheTuninator]

Sorry guys, but this isn't the place to discuss the legal ramifications of gay marriage. :P

[lakerskid2013]

@DsB97channel How could you say that? If there's anything good about this bill, it could be for the people who upload TV shows and movies illegally and make money off of it but this affects gamers and singers too. I hope this bill never passes! Around half of YouTube is gamers!

[GKgamerguy]

go to demand progress .com sign the letter right now to stop bills.978 iam urging all of you to do this.

[GKgamerguy]

@31277b good luck with you and if this bill does passes then its been an honor being involvd in youtube.

[31277b]

@TheTuninator

Thanks for letting the word out on this. This would be a drastic thing for lets players. Well good luck to all of us.

[DsB97channel]

I hope this bill passes!

[mikeloeven]

Most of these laws only come down the pipe from law makers who are payed off by media companies. i mean damn it what good organized crime laws like RICO if it cant even controll\ the rampent manipulation of our government by aresting and putting away these corrupt politions and who take bribes and contributions from private interests who are the most corrupt and dangerous entities in this country

[linkguard]

THIS BILL IS COMMUNIST and as Liberty Prime (we all miss him) once proudly said: COMMUNISM IS A LIE!

[ImNotHuman100055]

woot no more gaming video, take that fallout new vegas mods video

[NewCommunistGaming]

Please take action its quick easy and 1 voice can make a difference, i know its cheesy but its true. Please you reading this comment, take action, or every single gamer or gaming stream, video all of those things will be shut down, like big companies such as machinima or IGN, please.

[staticmanjake]

Get machinama and ign and screw up their faces