Free Bieber, On October 19th, 2011, a campaign called “Free Bieber” was launched that targeted the proposed Bill S.978 that recommends unauthorized streaming of copyrighting works should be punished with a maximum prison sentence of 5 years. The website FreeBieber.org [25] explains that the bill could technically send Justin Bieber to prison for videos he had previously uploaded to YouTube:
A new bill in Congress makes posting a video containing any copyrighted work a felony-- with up to 5 years in prison. But wait… didn’t Justin Bieber get famous by posting YouTube videos of himself singing copyrighted R&B songs? Yep. If this bill passes, he could get 5 years in jail.

The campaign was subsequently covered on BoingBoing[26], Torrent Freak[27], and TechDirt[28] the same day.





Source:  kym

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