Justin Bieber would go to jail?
As much as I hate the corporatism and utter bullshit that is represented by the name "Justin Bieber," we've unfortunately used him (or her) as the platform for the vote-no-on-S.978 movement.
Free Bieber: Vote no on S. 978
Here's the full text of the proposal: Read The Bill: S. 978 - GovTrack.us
And the original to be modified:
United States Code: Title 18,2319. Criminal infringement of a copyright | LII / Legal Information Institute
The heart of the change is given here, as clarification of criminal charges of public performances. The text in bold is new, the rest is the same:
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(2) the terms "reproduction," "distribution," and "public performance" refer to the exclusive rights of a copyright owner under clauses (1), (3), (4), and (6), respectively of section 106 (relating to exclusive rights in copyrighted works), as limited by sections 107 through 122, of title 17;
Clauses 4 and 6 of 106 read:
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(4) in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works, to perform the copyrighted work publicly;
(6) in the case of sound recordings, to perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.
Now, IANAL but this change seems to be nothing more than disambiguation, rather than an expressed granting or revoking of rights of any party. It is not clear from the previous wording that public performance is a right held by the copyright owner. In the expressed limitations of section 106 (limitations of exclusivity), the subject of public performance IS addressed in fair use and for educational/academic purposes.
One issue I see is that it does not explicitly make a claim that fair use limits exclusivity of public performance in section 110. This can be inferred, however I do expect this lack of specificity to be abused by RIAA. The fear is that because such infringement is made criminal (up to some limitations, of course, but it is very easy to cross into criminal territory) that copyright owners (RIAA members) will be able to put people in jail for publicly performing fair use alterations of copyrighted works (especially musical ones, since more issues arise in non-dramatic music).
In any case, I'm not really sure the outcome of this change. There's a movement to stop it, but I'm not sure it's a bad thing. There is a lot of ambiguity in the entirety of title 17, and this resolves some of it but introduces more.
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I know I'm a little tipsy... But WTF are you talking about jMerlin? :zippy:
Give us slow folk a little 'TLDR'? :zippy:
Re: Justin Bieber would go to jail?
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Rishwin
I know I'm a little tipsy... But WTF are you talking about jMerlin? :zippy:
Give us slow folk a little 'TLDR'? :zippy:
Proposed change adds felony charges for public performance of copyrighted works if found criminal.
It introduces ambiguity to whether fair use is a limitation on the exclusive right of public performance.
Even more TLDR;
Could make it illegal for posting any copyrighted material at all on YouTube. Possibly. Probably not, but possibly.
Re: Justin Bieber would go to jail?
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Originally Posted by
jMerliN
Proposed change adds felony charges for public performance of copyrighted works if found criminal.
It introduces ambiguity to whether fair use is a limitation on the exclusive right of public performance.
Even more TLDR;
Could make it illegal for posting any copyrighted material at all on YouTube. Possibly. Probably not, but possibly.
Then why is this thread titled towards Justin Bieber then? Since this affects more people then just him.
Did you do that to try and grab more people's attention?
Not to mention you are terribly late at trying to discuss about the Bill now(I believe there's also already a thread on this too)...
Just my 2 cents, no hard feelings.
Re: Justin Bieber would go to jail?
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Originally Posted by
jMerliN
Proposed change adds felony charges for public performance of copyrighted works if found criminal.
It introduces ambiguity to whether fair use is a limitation on the exclusive right of public performance.
Even more TLDR;
Could make it illegal for posting any copyrighted material at all on YouTube. Possibly. Probably not, but possibly.
... DOWN WITH JUSTIN BIEBER!
This is a good thing, me likey.
My step cousins actually went to school with Justin Bieber, before he was famous. I told them "YOU COULD HAVE PREVENTED ALL OF THIS!". They agreed, then felt bad about not beating him up as a kid. Then we ate Twizzlers and played Boggle. It was a good day.
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Just so you guys know, the last thread that was aiming towards the downfall of Justin Bieber got deleted.
So should I like just change the thread title? zzz
Re: Justin Bieber would go to jail?
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nzrock
Then why is this thread titled towards Justin Bieber then? Since this affects more people then just him.
Did you do that to try and grab more people's attention?
Not to mention you are terribly late at trying to discuss about the Bill now(I believe there's also already a thread on this too)...
Just my 2 cents, no hard feelings.
That's the name of the website!
Re: Justin Bieber would go to jail?
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Originally Posted by
nzrock
Just so you guys know, the last thread that was aiming towards the downfall of Justin Bieber got deleted.
So should I like just change the thread title? zzz
Oh you, just leave it be bro. Justin Bieber couldn't tell my mother's snatch from my armpit, so it's not like we're insulting him :ott1:
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Armpit fucking/rubbing/masturbating?...that's a new one o.o
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Google it brah, you'll be surprised :closedeyes:
Re: Justin Bieber would go to jail?
I don't use copywritten crap. So I'm all good. :) Cheers to Justin going to Jail.
Re: Justin Bieber would go to jail?
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Rishwin
... DOWN WITH JUSTIN BIEBER!
Then we ate Twizzlers and played Boggle. It was a good day.
Off topic:
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On topic: MOAR BOGGLE BASH!
Anyway, I wouldn't worry about getting pwned extra for posting stuff on YouTube and so forth. They already have a system that ends up raping your account if you post too many copyrighted things. I posted preview clips for a TV series on there and that earned me one strike >_> No idea why either, seeing as how it literally was just previews but w/e.
I believe the rule is something like 3 strikes -> molestation of account.
...
Boggle bash!
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I lol'd at all these bad-edited images of him getting arrested and stuff, just makes me believe all this is bullshit.
But either way, I would of get free to Selena Gomez not Beiber, he can stay and grow up like a man.
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XxОsirisxX
I lol'd at all these bad-edited images of him getting arrested and stuff, just makes me believe all this is bullshit.
But either way, I would of get free to Selena Gomez not Beiber, he can stay and grow up like a man.
He'd enjoy it.
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XZeenon
I don't use copywritten crap. So I'm all good. :) Cheers to Justin going to Jail.
Anything anyone creates is protected by intellectual property rights, as long as you can prove you did in fact create it. Anything from a hand drawn sketch on a napkin, to a 200 page novel.
I'm not sure how far this law goes but if it covers everything it's just more shit preventing creativity. Same with patents imo. They were created to stop people blindly copying entire products, now they are used to counter competition.
I really think they should start focusing on adding extra value to pay for sites instead of trying to close free ones (which can be instantly and infinitely be reopened). For the same reason many bands now give away the music and make money from live performances.
