Bill S.978 may Shut down Gaming Videos and Streams everywhere.

How ****ING STUPID can you be to want to do something like that?
Makes me glad I don't live in the U.S.

On an unrelated note, I hate you for putting your blog in comic sans.

 

How the **** do i get my achievements now???

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LOL "Alot of our lawmakers are out of touch with reality." America's going down the crapper because of politicians

 

I'm sure it'd be fine to describe how to get achievements with words and drawn pictures.

 

Youtube will become Illegaltube.

 

Plus it actually isn't that hard to legally get around a copyright. Put a disclaimer in the video and link to the proper licensing information and you could post stuff to your hearts content

 

Even if this does pass (it won't), the game developers/publishers could still decide if they wanted to sue or not, and since LPs are basically a constant form of free advertising, I don't think they would have a problem.

 

It wont pass, There are to many things wrong with this. 1. Netflix will go out of business which is one of the big guns in the industry. 2. Youtube & Google will go against this as well because of the billions of dollars they receive every year. 3. This breaks all freedom. If it passes in America, There is no Freedom of Speech.

**** the god damn government. There just pissed because of Video Game bill that failed because of the same reason. BUSINESS.

It won't pass.

 

1. Netflix's content all have licenses from the publisher. Else, Netflix would have been taken down a LOOOONG time ago for Copyright.

3. Freedom of speech =/= Copyright restrictions

 

It won't even pass, and its way too early to even be worrying about it.

 

Does this affect people outside of the U.S?

 

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.
I should've known, with you being from Ireland and still caring.

 

The US, making world laws again. **** that. Its a felony in your country, not ours.

 

lol, youtube is an American company, so a Russian, Englishman, or whomever posting a copyrighted video would still get it removed. They wouldn't get a fine or any legal prosecution.

This is also another aspect of why this bill won't pass though. It's reach can't leave the United States and youtube is an international thing.

 

Eh, there are bigger problems out there, i could deal with it... it would be a loss, but not a very big one. i mean at least we could still game

 

This is what Notch had to say, confirming what I already said.

 

For a second I read that, and I thought Notch had an account here, I was like O.O
But I still think that this is legitimately the stupidest thing ever.

 

This country does some stupid ass ****.

Stupid bill is stupid. Streaming this kind of content is part of the industry.

 

I'm sure it will be changed before it is actually passed. The gaming industry allows this because it is basically free advertising. "If people see this video and think the game is cool, they might buy it" -generally every game company. I wouldn't worry about it.