I'm still really skeptic about the extremes some are arriving to, mainly because most video game streams like lets plays or commenting already could be considered infringement if companies wanted and you could already be taken to court. The bill isn't magically making it illegal now, it already IS illegal. Its just that in cases when large amounts of profit are involved, it can be considered a felony.
I honestly doubt companies think they're losing much on YT videos since they barely send out DMCAs to sites like YT or Justin in the first place (something that would be far less costly and easier to do than all the necessary expenses require to gather all the evidence on monitary gains and intent to infringe and overcome the higher burden of proof requirements in a criminal case)
This isn't like TV and Music, where the companies are so adamant at getting anything taken down in minutes of it going up. So I honestly don't expect these extended scenarios except in cases where there's large amount of money involved.
Once again, I can't speak for certain, and I agree the bill is badly worded and really could use a tune up, but I'm not so sure to jump the hurdle so quickly.
On the bright side, at the very least all this commotion and outrage might end up going viral far enough so that congress actually HAS to take notice and mayhaps fix the damn bill. (because like it or not, that thing is gonna pass one way or the other so the best we can do is limit the damage)
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