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Senate Bill Could Make It Illegal To Upload Lip-Synced Videos

Posted by samzenpus on from the numa-numa-no-more dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to Copyright lawyer Ben Sidbury, Senate bill 978 could make it a criminal act for someone to lip sync to a song and post the said video on Youtube, even if credits are given. 'The way the statute is written... It would now criminalize anybody that performs a copyrighted work, which is essentially nowadays any song under the sun. In theory at least, the record companies or the Department of Justice could go after a 9-year old or a 12 year old or a 30 year old for publicly performing a song.' said Sidbury."

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  1. sigh... by wired57 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Whatever happened to fair use? I mean really come on now, how does this help protect anything?

    1. Re:sigh... by flibuste · · Score: 2, Insightful

      It helps your government avoiding YOU spreading culture around, thus keeping people dumb and low so they can control them more easily. And keep their election campaign funds topped off with bribes from the RIAA and other "Copyright holders"?
      I mean, a 12 year old girl singing the latest Lady Gaga song on her piano is very harmful to major companies, and could make you smile. Last thing your government want is you to be happy without them ordering you to be.
      Or am I too much in conspiracy theories lately?

  2. Thank you Senate by PickyH3D · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For really going after what is a problem in our country.

    Not the job market.
    Not the national debt.
    Not the continued housing crisis.
    Not any of the three wars we are actively participating in (Libya, Iraq (yes, still), and Afghanistan).
    Not healthcare.
    Not the tax system.

    Nope, it's little kids or adults showing their support for artists by lip syncing. We really have to protect those artists from such stealing! Those poor, underpaid artists (and their leeches that lobby for them, AKA the RIAA).

  3. pretty much every concert I've ever been to by Skarecrow77 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No matter how famous and how many hits the band on stage had, they played at least 1 or 2 cover songs.

    Shit like that is why you go see bands live in the first place. Is that illegal now too?

    Or has it always been illegal and it's just that nobody gave a damn?