With the COVID-19 Relief Bill Which Just Passed, Hollywood was Given A Little Pork As Well
To thank all their big Hollywood supporters, congress added a little amendment to the latest Corona Virus relief bill which was meant to detour illegal TV streaming.
Illegal Streaming in Some Cases is Now a Felony in the USA
Before you go out and burn your Nvidia SHIELDs or Roku Media Players, this law won't affect 99% of those who like to pirate a good movie every now and again.
But it will have a chilling impact on anyone who offers IPTV or other illegal commercial streaming TV services. This new law which was included in the bailout package that gives Americans each a $600 payment while giving away billions to foreign countries and other special interests.
It also imposes tough new felony charges that could land the operators of illegal streaming services in prison for up to 10 years.
Breitbart posted more details on this new law:
"The $900 billion piece, combined with a $1.4 trillion government spending bill for a total of $2.3 trillion, extends a hand to Hollywood by making streaming for commercial profit a felony, carrying a punishment of up to ten years in prison. The addition has been attributed to Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), who earlier this month released the text of legislation, the Protecting Lawful Streaming Act, which would “punish large-scale criminal streaming services that willfully and for commercial advantage or private financial gain offer to the public illicit services dedicated to illegally streaming copyrighted material.”
So if you are involved in selling or promoting illegal IPTV or other streaming services, now would be a great time to stop or at a bare minimum invest in a good VPN.
Here is the Full Text of This Law:
"It shall be unlawful for a person to willfully, and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain, offer or provide to the public a digital transmission service that:Here are the best legal streaming apps for your favorite media streamer!
is primarily designed or provided for the purpose of publicly performing works protected under title 17 by means of a digital transmission without the authority of the copyright owner or the law has no commercially significant purpose or use other than to publicly perform works protected under title 17 by means of a digital transmission without the authority of the copyright owner or the law; or is intentionally marketed by or at the direction of that person to promote its use in publicly performing works protected under title 17 by means of a digital transmission without the authority of the copyright owner or the law Penalties include fines and imprisonment for up to ten years."
