For those who do not know what this is S.978 is a proposed bill in the U.S. pertaining to copyright. Sure you already know some dangers of posting copyrighted material. But if this new bill were to pass it'd become even more extreme.
Anything ranging from you posting a video of you chatting and the radio is on in the background could land you up to in prison for 5 years or more + fine .
Posting up your own gameplay/game review of a game of which features content of that game.
Even doing covers of songs would land you in this bill.
Heres one persons view of the bill here:
And another persons from
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The bill: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...?bill=s112-978
Your opinions. Think it'll pass? Will it destroy a good part of online communities?
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