Copyright Office joins in: let’s make illegal streaming a felony
9 06 2011On her first day as the new Register of Copyrights, Maria Pallante trekked across the street from the Library of Congress to the Rayburn Office Building for a House Judiciary Committee hearing on whether unauthorized Internet streaming should become a felony. “Copyright policy is never finished,” she told the assembled Representatives, adding that it’s time for another tweak to the law.
“It is clear that unauthorized copyrighted content is a significant problem that will only increase in severity if technology outpaces legal reforms,” she concluded.
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