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Old 06-02-2011, 10:29 PM  
Agent 488
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Embedding YouTube Videos May Soon Be a Felony

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201...e-videos.shtml

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.
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