White House wants to make 'illegal' streaming a felony...for users too.

**Cuse4tw** · 03-15-11, 07:28 PM

this is so ******* stupid....but its america...the land of the free

**daneblazer** · 03-15-11, 07:33 PM

Economy in shambles, Middle East on the verge of all out war, the Pacific devastated and a nuclear meltdown is likely...

at least we're worried about the important things

**FuzzyDunlop** · 03-15-11, 07:39 PM

How does one become a suspected user without the government having a blank search warrant on any computer on any US based ISP? Why a felony for code when it's a misdemeanor if I go to Best Buy and walk out with a DVD?

**jgilmartin** · 03-15-11, 07:40 PM

Originally posted by daneblazer

at least we're worried about the important things

LOL exactly.

This is a homeland security issue, how exactly? Someone watching a homemade music video on YouTube is now a felon who has given the government probable cause to wiretap them?

**FuzzyDunlop** · 03-15-11, 07:42 PM

Entertainment is really the only product left that we make here and export.

**Optional** · 03-15-11, 07:45 PM

"The White House is concerned that "illegal streaming of content" may not be covered by criminal law, saying "questions have arisen about whether streaming constitutes the distribution of copyrighted works."

Wow, elected officials really do think the people are very dumb to trot out a lame line like that.

Desperate attempt to protect the receding power of the broadcast companies.

**FuzzyDunlop** · 03-15-11, 07:47 PM

Of course they'll get the green light from the ISPs that are mostly owned by ******* cable TV companies.

**samgurt** · 03-15-11, 07:51 PM

what a joke. better not ever pass

**Shelton** · 03-15-11, 07:56 PM

i a effin joke this is only in america

**iifold** · 03-15-11, 08:03 PM

I swear you guys think everything should be free...

**FuzzyDunlop** · 03-15-11, 08:14 PM

This isn't an issue of free or not free. I don't feel bad at all for the record industry that worked together to gouge billions from the American public during the CD era, only to settle the class action for $143M. link or for the motion picture industry that is owned by parent companies that own cable companies that, through extensive lobbying, control the internet in 91% of online American homes, while the cable companies monopolize every town they offer service in on a municipal level.

The issue is that these megacorps that control the pipeline of how supposedly free citizens get information will gladly cough up info on any customer that is paying inflated cable rates to a government that they paid off for the rights to the monopoly.

**tripleblack1705** · 03-15-11, 08:20 PM

well, i'll be going to jail then, haha yeah sureeee.

**ChileCheese** · 03-15-11, 08:34 PM

funny country you boys live in

**KingKolzig** · 03-15-11, 08:38 PM

that only applies to social class/personality. if k.barry uses it they wont even look his way

**jonmic** · 03-15-11, 08:57 PM

another way to bring the little man down

**Killer_Demo** · 03-15-11, 09:06 PM

wow their so much other sh!t they need to handle and they worry about this?

**TexansFan** · 03-15-11, 09:54 PM

Good thing there's no other serious concerns to worry about.

**louisvillekid** · 03-15-11, 10:04 PM

Originally posted by FuzzyDunlop

How does one become a suspected user without the government having a blank search warrant on any computer on any US based ISP? Why a felony for code when it's a misdemeanor if I go to Best Buy and walk out with a DVD?

exactly.

government got to find better shit to do than to worry about possible illegal streaming of vids

**Emily_Haines** · 03-15-11, 10:07 PM

What else would you expect from an organization that bows down and worships corporations. Give them every tax break under the sun, export our jobs over sea so they can hire cheap labor and make everything illegal so citizens have to buy their shitty products.

**King Mayan** · 03-15-11, 10:11 PM

Originally posted by TexansFan

Good thing there's no other serious concerns to worry about.

That's your party, bro..... Looking out for the bigwigs and turning the back breaking workers against each other....

**pavyracer** · 03-15-11, 10:19 PM

The White House is doing an excellent job. First the went after the loud volume in commercials. Now they go after stealing TV.