For profit streaming of UFC PPV could get you 10 years in jail, per new Covid relief bill

[ralphus1]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/tech/illegal-streaming-felony-covid-relief-bill/index.html

 

[gaffbyknees2]

Cool story

 

[Fossor]

Dana is in danger!

 

[BRASIL WAND]

That story is pretty cool

 

[ralphus1]

"unwittingly "

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Both the streamers and the government:

 

[Rear Naked Toke]

Just a modified version of the previous law that targeted illegal downloads of copyrighted material.

 

[2004 account]

Watch this thread get tossed into some irrelevant subforum.

I think it's important information that people in this forum should know about.

 

[mirellale]

Piracy was always illegal.What is the news here?

 

[Straatblaffer]

Watch this thread get tossed into some irrelevant subforum.

I think it's important information that people in this forum should know about.

Then people should read the news, it's totally irrelevant in this forum

 

[Switch Blade]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/tech/illegal-streaming-felony-covid-relief-bill/index.html

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so you're telling me you've worried ivain and have no reason to worry about FBI knocking at your door soon?

 

[Chosen]

If it’s cnn it’s fake news or so I’m told

 

[tripleo]

Watch this thread get tossed into some irrelevant subforum.

I think it's important information that people in this forum should know about.

people who watch illegal streams are fine

it's the people who upload the illegal streaming that will get in trouble, which these streamers already know

this is non-news

 

[LHWBelt]

Piracy was always illegal.What is the news here?

My buddy posted something about this online too. I dont understand because this shits been known since VHS was still around. Guess I'd have to read the details.

 

[snackgod]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/tech/illegal-streaming-felony-covid-relief-bill/index.html

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you do know this is always been a crime covid has nothing to do with it.

 

[Volador]

Good luck putting the Russians, Chinese and people using a thousand VPNs in jail.

 

[Koro_11]

 

[Iron Skin]

 

[boxingskills]

Piracy was always illegal.What is the news here?

They came up with a new way of calling it illegal.

 

[Mangar]

Imagine serving 10 years for streaming a UFC event and watching murderers get out about the same time.