Does Senate Bill 978 make YouTube and video game run-through videos illegal?

**teentitanbg** · 08-07-11, 02:05 AM

Does Senate Bill 978 make YouTube and video game run-through videos illegal? Not really.

I’ve been getting absolutely tons of emails and tweets about Senate Bill 978, which was introduced for consideration into the Senate a few weeks ago — the conventional wisdom about the bill is that it’ll make almost all streaming of copyrighted video criminally illegal if you don’t have the permission of the copyright holder, with scary fines and even jail time as potential consequences. In particular, people seem to be extremely worried about video game run-through videos, or “Let’s Play” videos, especially since they often consist of nothing more than someone playing the game — it’s not necessarily easy to pull that type of video under the umbrella of fair use, since they lack any additional comment or criticism. Needless to say, people are freaking out.

(V--READ MORE ON LINK--V)
Does Senate Bill 978 make YouTube and video game run-through videos illegal? Not really. | This is my next...

› See More: Does Senate Bill 978 make YouTube and video game run-through videos illegal?