-FFDragon- posted...
I think a big part of the problem is that once they start attaching criminal penalties to things, they no longer have to wait for the copyright holder to raise a complaint about it, they could just go off and start arresting people on their own. Now how likely that is up for debate (not very likely) but it's still like playing russian roulette every time you'd stream though.
As a possible doomsday scenario, mayhaps...but lets be honest, you got music, movies, sports streaming....I honestly think an untelevised Street Fighter 4 tournament is pretty much at the bottom of the list of targets ICE would be going after. There's also the whole "guilty of purposely trying to infringe" which is not as easy to prove with that as it is with a TV or sports game feed.
Now streaming a TV feed of someone broadcasting a tournament...that would be more likely.
But I'm also in agreement that the wording of the bill needs to be f***ing fixed and made more clear who the targets are. I don't trust the senators telling us "Oh, don't worry. We'll only use this against really, really bad guys..."
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