Stimulus Bill Online Streaming

Covid 19 stimulus bill proposes up to 10 years in prison for unauthorized streaming.

Stimulus bill online streaming. Additionally illegal streaming. The shift toward streaming content online has resulted in criminal streaming services illegally distributing copyrighted material that. The intellectual property portion of the stimulus bill initiates with the felony streaming law implemented by inserting after section 2319b of the u s.

The new stimulus bill makes illegal streaming a felony. The recently unveiled covid 19 stimulus bill contains a series of measures that not only have nothing to do with the coronavirus but could lead to prison time and huge fines for creators and providers of video sharing services that are accused of. The covid 19 stimulus package composed 900 billion of the entire 2 3 trillion spending bill and this new copyright legislation falls within the broader scope of the entire 5000 page bill.

Congress is expected to pass a massive covid 19 stimulus bill within the next few days that will provide relief to movie theaters and live entertainment venues. Code s title 18 chapter 113 a new. According to a report from loudwire the same bill that explains the 900 billion stimulus package and its provisions in detail also contains legislation called the protecting lawful streaming act.