User blog comment:Scubadave/Bad news for us and the rest of America/@comment-5151799-20110707232530

Ahem. Just thought I'd, uh... leave this here.

http://coons.senate.gov/blog/post/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-protect-ip-act

"Senator Klobuchar’s online streaming bill, S. 978, does not criminalize any conduct that is not already illegal. This bill would provide that those who engage in piracy willfully and for profit will be held to the same standards — including potential felony charges — regardless of whether they engage in that piracy by selling bootlegs on the street corner or providing access to the streaming of copyrighted material over the internet.  It is a way of strengthening the intellectual property laws we already have, not expanding them to cover new material.

Asked about the bill and the rumors swirling around it, Chris said: “This is a simple bill and it is unfortunate that it has been the subject of so much misinformation. It isn't against the law to use YouTube and it is not our intent to make it so. Anybody who is acting legally today will not be in violation of the law after the bill is passed. All this bill does is provide that online pirates face the same level of deterrence in the law as is currently faced by other intellectual property pirates of all stripes.” "

So... yeah... Think about it. :/