Jason Mick at DailyTech reports on the Anti-Streaming legislation that our ruling class wants to foist on us and how the Senators backing this bill somehow got lots of money from the lobbyists who are pushing for the new law.
DailyTech also reports on the bill itself and how it might be used against the average citizen.
If approved, the bill promises up to 5 years of hard prison time for anyone who “willfully” infringes content via streaming for the purpose of “personal financial gain”. One of the sponsoring organizations, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) claims the measure will only be used to charge operators of sites that stream content illegally — such as sports shows, movies, or TV shows.
But the bill’s ambiguous language could eventually be applied to send viewers to jail, as well. After all, the MPAA could easily argue in court that viewers were seeing “personal financial gain” by avoiding cable service fees, movie rental costs, etc.
