The end of Civil Protection and Freeman's Mind?

[gregorzoobs]

http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/ten_strikes?akid=700.450896.5hVZPC&rd=1&t=1

[BTGBullseye]

I thought Ross already got rid of all copyrighted music from his videos...

 

 

That law will either not pass, or we'll have thousands of porn sites out of business...

[Blue]

Music is covered, but the material Ross makes itself is permitted by the Terms of Service he agreed to when he bought his first Source Engine game as well as usage rights for SourceSDK.

[Blightmare]

That law is so not gonna pass. Jail for karaoke? Fetch me my Stick of Stupid, I found someone else in need of it's service.

[Ross Scott]

Music is covered, but the material Ross makes itself is permitted by the Terms of Service he agreed to when he bought his first Source Engine game as well as usage rights for SourceSDK.

Actually it doesn't, the TOS (or at least the original one) say you can't make anything without Valve's permission pretty much, but it's not enforced at all. If it passes, this bill is unlikely to be enforced in any real capacity that would affect machinima videos, don't worry about it. I'd say a worst-case scenario would be Youtube gets paranoid and takes down the videos, in which case an offshore video hosting site would almost certainly take over.

[Oktobermensch]

Boy, here we go again. When these people will learn that laws like that won't do them or the entire industry any good?

[BTGBullseye]

When these people will learn that laws like that won't do the industry any good?

They already know, but they try anyways because if it manages to go through they get more power.

[Lord Sinister]

Having just looked at the page, this seems to be a bit beyond crazy. :\

[Pinkie Pie]

When these people will learn that laws like that won't do the industry any good?

They already know, but they try anyways because if it manages to go through they get more power.

To quote Ashley from Mass Effect, "And that's why I hate politicians."