Owners of websites that stream music and videos without the permission of copyright holders
could soon be prosecuted as felons if Congress passes a new proposal from United States Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante.
The Hill reports that Pallante is urging Congress to make illegal content streaming a felony that’s on par with illegally making copyrighted content available for download. Pallante said that “there is a gap in the law” between content streaming and
more traditional content piracy while contending that going after content streamers for misdemeanors wasn’t enough to dissuade them.
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