Uploading Video Game Footage Online Would Become Illegal Under New American Bill at GamingExcellence

A new bill has been proposed in the USA to curb the online upload of videos of copyrighted content. While the bill is aimed at preventing the internet community from uploading music, TV shows and movies to services such as YouTube and MegaVideo, the rather loose wording of the bill has some rather nefarious consequences for the video game industry and the way in which video games are marketed today. In essence, uploading a video showing the craziest Minecraft creation or a game guide showing the location of all the hidden packages in GTA, would be punishable by a hefty fine and/or prison time! [...]

 

 

Full article at gamingexcellence.com

Interestingly, we used both Minecraft and GTA video on June 25. :D

 

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