Commerce Dep't Calls Unauthorized Streaming a Felony

The Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force released a report on digital copyright policy that endorsed one piece of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA): making the streaming of copyrighted works a felony. As it stands now, streaming a copyrighted work over the Internet is considered a violation of the public performance right.

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