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Senate Bill Makes Illegal Streaming A Felony

Hollywood Reporter | by TVNewsCheck

Moving to close a possible loophole in the laws against the pirating of movies, TV shows and other intellectual property, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved making illegal streaming of video over the internet a felony in most cases. The proposed law, the Commercial Felony Streaming Act (S. 978), will now go to the full Senate for consideration.