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I'm surprised that none of you have been talking about THIS ::

http://infojustice.org/archives/3701

On June 1, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the illegal streaming of copyrighted material, with testimony from Maria Pallante (Acting U.S. Register of Copyrights), Sandra Aistars (Executive Director, Copyright Alliance), and Michael O’Leary (Executive Vice President, Motion Picture Association of America). Under current law, streaming may be considered a public performance, and therefore ineligible for felony penalties.
In March, IP Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel recommended legislation to allow for felony penalties for streaming, and Sens. Klobuchar, Cornyn, and Coons introduced a Senate bill to do this (S. 978) in May.
The witnesses at House Judiciary Committee hearing indicated that they would support House legislation to make unauthorized streaming a felony. Reps. Watt and Lofgren noted that the scope of the legislation in the Senate has been criticized as being too broad.