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New York man faces five years in jail for ‘linking’ to online videos | The Raw StoryIn a case against a New York website owner, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is claiming that merely linking to copyrighted material is a crime.
DHS, along with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), seized Brian McCarthy's domain, channelsurfing.net, in late January. The site has now been replaced with a government warning: "This domain has been seized by ICE - Homeland Security Investigations, Special Agent in Charge, New York Office."
"It is unlawful to reproduce copyrighted material, such as movies, music, software or games, without authorization... First-time offenders convicted of a criminal felony copyright law will face up to five years in federal prison, restitution, forfeiture and fine."
The advocacy group Demand Progress has claimed that McCarthy never reproduced copyrighted material, and that his website simply linked to other sites.
A criminal complaint obtained by the group seems to acknowledge that agents knew that McCarthy was running a "linking website."
careful, I don't think Pix and Gun have a license to run this as an online gambling siteI'm not a Lawyer, but I'm willing to bet a couple of ambiguous words in the actual ruling make it so it's not the actual "I link to youtube videos" part that's illegal...it's got to be something else like they WAY they're linking (somehow maybe profiteering from doing so) or some such thing. I'd throw some dough down on that bet. Oh....gambling. Damn. Man's ruin. Chicks, Liquor, Gambling.
I'm not a Lawyer, but I'm willing to bet a couple of ambiguous words in the actual ruling make it so it's not the actual "I link to youtube videos" part that's illegal...it's got to be something else like they WAY they're linking (somehow maybe profiteering from doing so) or some such thing. I'd throw some dough down on that bet. Oh....gambling. Damn. Man's ruin. Chicks, Liquor, Gambling.
That would be Google.Sounds like the owners of Youtube are going to hell.
It's all about money. As long as no money is involved, most people don't care.
Senators Want To Put People In Jail For Embedding YouTube Videos | TechdirtAnd it gets worse. Because rather than just (pointlessly) adding "performance" to the list, the bill tries to also define what constitutes a potential felony crime in these circumstances:the offense consists of 10 or more public performances by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copyrighted works So yeah. If you embed a YouTube video that turns out to be infringing, and more than 10 people view it because of your link... you could be facing five years in jail. This is, of course, ridiculous, and suggests (yet again) politicians who are regulating a technology they simply do not understand. Should it really be a criminal act to embed a YouTube video, even if you don't know it was infringing...? This could create a massive chilling effect to the very useful service YouTube provides in letting people embed videos.
