Obama administration recommends making illegal streaming a felony

from The People's Republic of Moronia by Jules Siegel

Here’s one story you won’t see going viral on a geek blog near you: the Obama administration is going to make torrent streaming, also known as P2P (peer to peer) sharing of music, a felony. A felony. This means, according to the Administration’s White Paper, recommending an upgrade to the act of illegal streaming of music to one of “financial espionage,” carrying prison time of up to 20 years.

This would apply to sites and people using, promoting (carrying ad-links) and hosting services like, the Pirate Bay, Utorrent, Bittorrent and Limewire derivatives. But what about the sites that just side with P2P and its lifestyle, like, Pirate Party, Zeropaid, TechDirt, Boycott-RIAA and Recording Industry vs People? Are they in danger too?

The White Paper, which makes the recommendations to Congress, includes as part of its focus, websites that “provide access to infringing products,” and would give local authorities “wiretap rights” in order to gather evidence. In other words, sites promoting the P2P lifestyle—in any way, would be investigated the same way as street gangs and the Mafia.

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