SOPA is back. This is not a repeat from every single month of the last four years

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This didn't get a lot of notice a couple weeks back. Let freedom ring.

h/t FARK

Administration Can't Let Go: Wants To Bring Back Felony Streaming Provisions Of SOPA

from the not-this-again dept

We've been working our way through a paper released last week by the Commerce Department, concerning copyright reform, and will have a much more detailed post about it soon (there's a lot in there), but over at the Washington Post, they're highlighting the silly recommendation to bring back the plan to make unauthorized streaming a felony. This was a part of SOPA and was widely discussed. It wasn't technically in PIPA, but there was something of a "companion" bill from Senator Amy Klobuchar that effectively had the same thing. This got a fair amount of attention when Justin Bieber was asked about the law, and said that Klobuchar should be locked up.

more

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/2...g-back-felony-streaming-provisions-sopa.shtml

Obama Administration Revives SOPA Proposal To Make Unauthorized Streaming A Felony