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May 19, 2011 by News Gatherer
Three U.S. senators have introduced legislation to make unauthorized streaming music, movies and television programs of a crime. Bill said to fill a gap in current legislation, where the current is not considered a criminal offense. The question is whether the new law is really necessary, however, that the authorities have already launched several criminal investigations of sites streaming movies in recent months.
The first suggestion became a bill that Senators Amy Klobuchar, John Cornyn and Christopher Coons officially launched last week. 978) was presented in the same week, the IP PROTECT Act, another bill to curb piracy in the online sites that facilitate copyright infringement. The bill (S.
But the big question, however, is whether this extra power is really necessary. Under the new bill, streaming sites (and users) have the same treatment as the more traditional forms of file sharing sites like BitTorrent and direct download. This opens the door for the authorities to take action against streaming sites more aggressively.
government crackdown on "unauthorized" real-time movie sites in recent months, it is reasonable to assume that the speed is already a crime. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the National Security Investigation (HSI) have already launched several criminal investigations at these sites. As part of Operation "in our place," U.S. Those who have followed the news in the U.S.
This means that either McCarthy's arrest and the seizure of a dozen areas last year was unlawful, or that the new law is not really necessary to respond to streaming sites. This suggests that the authorities already involved in streaming, or a link to a watercourse, as a crime.
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