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Life-Altering Copyright Lawsuits Could Come to Regular Internet Users Under a New Law

Posted on 07/17/2019 4:31:42 AM PDT by Windflier

The Senate Judiciary Committee intends to vote on the CASE Act, legislation that would create a brand new quasi-court for copyright infringement claims. We have expressed numerous concerns with the legislation, and serious problems inherent with the bill have not been remedied by Congress before moving it forward.

In short, the bill would supercharge a “copyright troll” industry dedicated to filing as many “small claims” on as many Internet users as possible in order to make money through the bill’s statutory damages provisions. Every single person who uses the Internet and regularly interacts with copyrighted works (that’s everyone) should contact their Senators to oppose this bill.

TELL THE SENATE NOT TO ENABLE COPYRIGHT TROLLS


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bureaucracy; copyright; freespeech; internet; legislation
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To: Windflier
Looks like 11 and 13 have been renumbered. From last month....

European Copyright Directive: What do articles 15 and 17 mean?

21 posted on 07/17/2019 5:15:24 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds)
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To: Windflier

It wasn’t just that they passed it. It was how they did it. Somewhere in Hell, Hitler is smiling.


22 posted on 07/17/2019 5:16:26 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds)
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To: Windflier

I would love to see Google sued into oblivion for all the copyrighted music and movies they have on Youtube that anyone can download for free. I dont know how the hell they get away with that, just about every song ever recorded is on that thing. That would be one way to bring down the commie globalist election interfering bastards.


23 posted on 07/17/2019 5:16:27 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary walks free, equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: Windflier

Copyright on the internet is a very complicated issue, and any big change in law is bound to have unintended consequences. Improvements in the law should only be tried in small well thought out steps which are reversible if things go badly.


24 posted on 07/17/2019 5:17:07 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: stars & stripes forever; Windflier
Guys, it gets worse. From an hour ago....

EU Looking To Regulate Everything Online, And To Make Sites Proactively Remove Material

25 posted on 07/17/2019 5:19:13 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds)
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To: Windflier

TELL THE SENATE NOT TO ENABLE COPYRIGHT TROLLS


Let me tell you exactly what this means. THEY TURN YOU IN AND THEY GET THE MONEY.

I had the same experience with this service animal crap. The trolls are very busy and it is a nice part time job for them.


26 posted on 07/17/2019 5:20:22 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: virgil
That court will be clogged with cases.

The tactic will be to file lawsuits (or threaten to file) by the tens of thousands and settle for a few thousand dollars each.

27 posted on 07/17/2019 5:22:12 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: PeterPrinciple
I had the same experience with this service animal crap

???

28 posted on 07/17/2019 5:23:05 AM PDT by kiryandil (The Media & the DNC tells you who you're gonna vote for. We chose Trump.)
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To: Windflier

Just terminate anyone who comes after you.


29 posted on 07/17/2019 5:23:53 AM PDT by Renegade
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To: mewzilla

This isn’t about money.

It’s about control.


30 posted on 07/17/2019 5:25:17 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

They get away with it because they are a neutral channel, exercising no control over content. Check the law. Its right there in that law they paid for.


31 posted on 07/17/2019 5:25:46 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Windflier
Not to mention posting articles at ALL.

No kidding. If it passes and is signed in to law, this is what all FR posts will look like:

President Trump heads to North Carolina for Wednesday campaign rally
WTKR ^ | 7/17/18 | NICK BOYKIN

Posted on 7/17/2019, 6:45:11 AM by Libloather

Due to possible copyright complaints, you will need to follow the link above to read the headlined article.

32 posted on 07/17/2019 5:27:18 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Elitist Liberals have no idea the hunger and strength of the beast they have uncaged.)
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To: Windflier

I guess since ‘fair use’ is not a provision of the constitution, any new law can be enforced, except perhaps under the premises of the first amendment free speech clause. I really feel like this will need to be challenged if used to charge people who are not copying large portions of copyright protected work or abusing trademarks and trade secrets. It’s within both free speech and fair use to allude to, cite, and reference material, as long as you are not duplicating and broadcasting it, particularly for profit and without citing authorship.


33 posted on 07/17/2019 5:31:13 AM PDT by z3n
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To: Windflier

Thank you for posting this.


34 posted on 07/17/2019 5:41:25 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (2020 four more years!)
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To: Windflier

They will sue when there is no violation. Innocent users will pay to avoid trouble.


35 posted on 07/17/2019 5:46:50 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: Windflier

Google steals content all day long with their stealing news articles in their searches and youtube has copyright violations galore.


36 posted on 07/17/2019 5:51:43 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Windflier

Are they TRYING to start a shooting civil war?


37 posted on 07/17/2019 5:53:45 AM PDT by Lazamataz (We can be called a racist and we'll just smile. Because we don't care.)
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To: Openurmind; Windflier
Links only... On the flip side it would be easy on server space. (sarc) Every website would have to be original material, or just nothing more than a simple link directory.

Incorrect, if the goal is the European style law. Links are copyright material in their scheme.

38 posted on 07/17/2019 5:55:29 AM PDT by Lazamataz (We can be called a racist and we'll just smile. Because we don't care.)
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To: I want the USA back
They will sue when there is no violation. Innocent users will pay to avoid trouble.

Innocent users will go a-hunting.

39 posted on 07/17/2019 5:58:51 AM PDT by Lazamataz (We can be called a racist and we'll just smile. Because we don't care.)
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To: I want the USA back
They will sue when there is no violation.

CONSERVATIVES will be targeted.

40 posted on 07/17/2019 6:03:55 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (ew)
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