Senator Tillis' campaign is backed up by the biggest corporations in the entertainment industry, who have been lobbying for years for stronger copyright enforcement on social media platforms. This bill is inspired by SOPA and PIPA bills from 2012, both of which did not pass. Senator Thom Tillis is the chairman of the Intellectual Property Subcommittee. A felony charge would affect expression and innovation. Trendacosta added that they already see that it is difficult enough in civil copyright for people to feel comfortable asserting their rights. Katharine Trendacosta, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's associate director of policy and activism stated that a felony streaming bill would be a chill on expression. This bill can carry on in different social media platforms like Instagram Stories, TikTok video and clips from Twitch.Ĭurrently, the unauthorized use of copyrighted material is categorized as public performance and not considered as an illegal distribution. This means that content creators may face jail time. If the bill passes, any copyrighted material that is used unauthorized in a content creator's stream will be immediately considered as a felony offence. As reported by Torrentfreak, this is not the first time that the Republican senator wanted to make streaming piracy a felony. This year, the CASE Act, the Trademark Modernization Act and a felony streaming proposal were all included in the omnibus spending bill, which has put creators on a frenzy.Īccording to Protocol, the felony streaming proposal is a measure that is pushed by Republican Senator Thom Tillis. Crushes Opponents with Pistol Headshots in CS:GO! Football Player Turns Twitch Streamer with Amazing Track Record and Fanbase Then again, music bloggers can't seem to catch a break lately, so in that sense, it's hardly surprising to see a (likely) music label sending misguided DMCA notices.Įither way, it's clear that Twitter was not the proper recipient of this DMCA notice.Also Read: Neymar Jr. If anything, the takedown-sender should have focused its attention on Mediafire and Box.net for hosting the leaked files. And, because he offers several paragraphs of commentary on the music, a lawyer could push the fair use angle on the post. There's also a question of whether JP's blog post itself should even be subject to a DMCA takedown on its own-it certainly makes more sense than the tweet, but JP doesn't host any of the MP3s of questionable origin on his own site. Did anyone retweet JP's tweet, and, if so, did those get taken down too? How far can a copyright holder go down the linking rabbit hole before it becomes too ridiculous, even for them? It's the Twitter equivalent of us here at Ars getting a takedown notice for linking to JP's blog post about the leaked album, which links to the MP3s. After all, the text of the tweet itself did not contain any infringing material-it read "New Post: Leaked: The National - High Violet" with a link to JP's own blog. AdvertisementĪs noted by TechDirt, there are numerous questions here over whether a DMCA takedown was even appropriate in this case.
And, of course, the Streisand Effect is now taking place-even more attention has been drawn to the leak thanks to the anonymous DMCA takedown sender (which is likely the music label behind The National). Incidentally, that blog post with the leak is still online, while his tweet about the blog post is now offline. The post described a leaked album by The National, a link to the Amazon page where the album could be preordered, and two links to MP3s from the album, both of which were hosted elsewhere (Box.net and Mediafire). The tweet in question was a link to a blog post on his site posted on April 20.
The situation once again highlights the potential for abuse through the DMCA's takedown system, and raises questions about how much service providers should push back against abuses.Īccording to a post on JP's blog, JP received a message from Twitter with a URL to the tweet that was being removed, noting that the reason was because of a DMCA takedown notice.
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Twitter has removed an update posted by the music writer who runs JP's blog, citing a DMCA takedown request from an unnamed sender. It's hard to believe that a user could infringe on someone's copyright within such tight constraints, but someone apparently thinks it can. Twitter can be a decent communications medium for some things, but let's face it: there's only so much one can say in 140 characters.
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