ALERT! Bill S.978 Will SHUT DOWN Gaming Videos and Streams

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this bill better not be pass

No it won't. It falls under fair use which is always considered before handing punishment over this.
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It doesn't affect fair use, will never pass and will be impossible to enforce if it does.

CALM THE HELL DOWN.

You're an idiot.

Hey now. No need for name-calling. Keep it civil or the thread's locked.

It'll be impossible to enforce. The government isn't set up as a Great Firewall of China , at least not yet. Not only will it be not feasible, there is too much money that can be lost in this bill to the bigger corporations that profit off this . And with how mcuh money is invested in the gaming world, this will never happen.

You want to know why I'm saying this? It's because the government like tax money, revenue they can get to use for their own purposes. Also , many in the positions of the Federal Government are in the industry through ownership of some kind and those who serve the big ones will not let this let this pass. Only idiots will.

Even if it does pass, keep in mind that this bill is aimed more towards movie and music streams (y'know, the mediums that actually stir up **** for being pirated). Game companies, as a whole, have generally either not cared or actually supported them (the rationale being that watching a game doesn't give the same experience as actually playing it, plus they see it as free publicity). On top of that, this way the bill's worded makes it sound like you have to profit from the videos for this to matter.

What would they do in regards to games from say the late 80`s where the publisher who made the game has been long out of buisness?

You also watch DSP huh.