Embedding YouTube Videos May Soon Be a Felony

[Eddie_<3_Guerrero]

I am new to Ebay! and why would I have you pay some one else if they weren't my Tickets?! Duh! so think be for you speak!

 

[This Guy]

Oh I think. The point of the matter is, if you have them on Ebay then there is no reason and as a matter of fact is against the rules of Ebay for you to solicite sales outside of your auction as you did by making this post. No doubt if we hadn't questioned proof and someone agreed to buy them you would no doubt have asked the possible buyer to mail you a cheque. I maintain that you only found the link to an ebay auction as you felt the need to back up your claim rather then look like an attention seeking con artist.

I could be wrong, but thats just my opinion.

 

[Kairi]

Techdirt reports that Senate bill 978 – a bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes – may be used to prosecute people for embedding YouTube videos.

According to Mark Masnick, if a website embeds a YouTube video that is determined to have infringed on copyright and more than 10 people view it on that website, the owner or others associated with the website could face up to five years in prison.

Read Masnick’s article here. He explains how the new law would expand copyright violations from reproducing and distributing to performing – including streaming video over the internet.

As readers of Infowars.com know, many videos are removed from YouTube after copyright owners complain about infringement. This happens with thousands of news clips every year. Most people are familiar with the now common black box replacing a video that says the video has been removed for copyright reasons.

If enacted, this law will go one step further and turn people who embed a copyrighted video into criminals. It will also set the stage to criminalize linking to copyrighted information — like corporate media news sources — and shut down the alternative media.

It will also make people think twice about putting up all kinds of videos, from news reports to clips from documentaries and other educational material.

It does not take a vivid imagination to realize the political implications of this legislation.

 

[Reid]

Seems like a waste of time to me. Why not just just take the video of of youtube?

 

[PHX]

Don't see what the big deal is as it's still them going to youtube if they watch it embedded. If anything just take away the option to embed.