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"While the willfully infringing reproduction and distribution of copyrighted works can be punished as a felony, willful violations of the public performance right are punishable only as misdemeanors." - they want to change them all to felonies.

"The Administration and the Copyright Office have both called on
Congress to amend the Copyright Act to ensure that illegal streaming to the public can be punished as a felony in the same manner as other types of criminal infringement."

It states it a lot on page 45.
It lists it again on page 100.


Edit: I think they also want to create a loophole about what can be considered "illegal streaming". It seems they not only want to cover things like youtube videos of the actual work that's being streamed, but also any altered or created "version" of it, like fanart, fanfiction, covers, mixes, what have you. I think it's really full of holes that they want to weave through so they can dominate the internet and make even more money off of everyone. This would make it hard for any rising talent at all to break out, and will make those already famous even more rich. It's kind of disgusting, if I'm understanding it right.
Last edited by Meizicht; 08-26-2013 at 08:08 PM.
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