While supervise a hearing on the PRO - IP Act , a bill that might make statutory damages for copyright infringement evenmore obscene , Rep. Howard Berman , who chairs the House Subcommittee on Courts , the net , and Intellectual Property , pondered out loud about other cockeyed copyright material he need to do . Like make the DMCA an even more atrocious piece of legislation by neuter its safe harbour provisions .
https://gizmodo.com/justice-department-says-222-000-damages-awarded-to-ria-329971
Like the ones protecting ISPs from getting sued because no - no mental object whisks through their tubes and that basically work YouTube’slifeline . He also wants to consider making content filtering mandatory , like theinsane whole - internet oneAT&T ’s thinking about fire up .
https://gizmodo.com/viacom-bullies-youtube-into-removing-100-000-videos-234001
Needless to say , this would makeHollywood happierthan fecal - eating slovenly person in dogshit — Viacom ’s been agitate YouTube ’s secure harbor claims in itsongoing lawsuit , for example . If the dependable harbor provisions were strung out , YouTube really would be blasted out of existence , along withany other sitethat place up user - generate content . Not that any of that matters more than the omnipotent dollar to the studios . [ Ars ]
https://gizmodo.com/viacom-disney-microsoft-and-others-form-justice-leagu-312616
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