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[James McCloud]

If this law is passed, it will bring absolutely no good.
I mean, what is it gonna do, other than put people in jail?  How can you lose profit from a Let's play?
And, while I agree that pirateing is bad, it's being seriously overblown.  I mean, is it really THAT bad?

[C.A. Sinner]

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[Painting]

If this law is passed, it will bring absolutely no good.
I mean, what is it gonna do, other than put people in jail?  How can you lose profit from a Let's play?
And, while I agree that pirateing is bad, it's being seriously overblown.  I mean, is it really THAT bad?

One thing you must know whenever you think about American politics is that people being in jail is good. It's to be desired, mostly because it makes money for certain people, and then it's justified in the minds of the general populace because of bloodthirsty revenge fantasies and malformed logic glands.

[Paul Eres]

if this passes and anyone ever actually goes to jail for making a let's play i'll eat super joe's hat

[Nix]

I think it's more for uploading music videos and straight songs to youtube than let's plays.

[Paul Eres]

i don't think youtube is even the target of this; it says "streaming" -- youtube isn't streaming. i mean, it "streams" stuff to your computer in a sense, but my impression is that this is meant more for things like livestream, where people use it to livestream events that you'd have to pay to see otherwise (for instance, blizzcon, or sc2 tournaments)

[C.A. Sinner]

i don't think youtube is even the target of this; it says "streaming" -- youtube isn't streaming. i mean, it "streams" stuff to your computer in a sense, but my impression is that this is meant more for things like livestream, where people use it to livestream events that you'd have to pay to see otherwise (for instance, blizzcon, or sc2 tournaments)

Pretty sure it isn't. Youtube is a streaming website and this targets people uploading copyrighted material to these sites. I strongly doubt people watching live streams that you'd have to pay for for free is a huge problem for companies, or at least not to the extent that lobbyists would push a new law specifically to prevent it.

Every website that lets you watch videos/listen to music without having to download it first (well except in your browser's cache) is colloquially referred to as a "streaming" website.

[Zaphos]

Not just colloquially?  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media
Rinku is talking about 'live streaming' which is a specific variant of 'streaming' ...

[Nix]

so... YouTube as opposed to ThePirateBay

[Μarkham]

I thought it wasn't a matter or what the bill was intended to cover, but over how vague the wording is and what that could allow companies to go after, such as negative video reviews and other things a company might not want the public to see.

[William Broom]

How can you lose profit from a Let's play?

I've heard plenty of people talk about how they watch Let's Play videos in lieu of actually buying and playing the game, especially for story-centric games. See - lost profit!

[C.A. Sinner]

Watching someone else play a game is clearly a heinous crime. Violator and subject to severe penalties and will be prosecutedt to the full extent of the jam.