New Year, Same Old 5#!7 (Follow-Ups)

(Season 3) Episode 1
Welcome to 2021 folks! We've finally left the hell hole of 2020, none of the problems from there can possibly get to us. Instead, US Congress made illegal streaming a felony, while Facebook and Google are... well, it's not a story the Jedi would tell you. (We suppose, then, that 2020 can still affect us)

EPISODE MISTAKES: We referred to the last 2020 stimulus bill as the CARES Act. This was, in fact, the original stimulus bill that passed (which provided $1200 per individual). The bill we are referring to is the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which included the felony streaming rider bill.

Sources can be found on our website, as always.

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Welcome to 2021 folks! We’ve finally left the hell hole of 2020, none of the problems from there can possibly get to us. Instead, US Congress made illegal streaming a felony, while Facebook and Google are… well, it’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. (We suppose, then, that 2020 can still affect us)

EPISODE MISTAKES: We referred to the last 2020 stimulus bill as the CARES Act. This was, in fact, the original stimulus bill that passed (which provided $1200 per individual). The bill we are referring to is the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which included the felony streaming rider bill.

Sources:

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (includes “Protecting Lawful Streaming Act”):

US Congress Website, H.R.133 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)

Proposed DMCA Revisions & Notice-and-take down/stay down:

National Journal, 22 December 2020, “‘Notice-and-stay-down’ set to be sticking point in new online-piracy fight“ (Paywalled, Twitter Source here) Electronic Frontier Foundation, 21 January 2016, ““Notice-and-Stay-Down” Is Really “Filter-Everything””

Section 230:

Electronic Frontier Foundation, 9 December 2020, ‘It’s Not Section 230 President Trump Hates, It’s the First Amendment’The Atlantic, 3 January 2021, ‘The 1996 Law That Ruined the Internet‘CBS News, 3 January 2021, ‘Why victims of internet lies want Section 230 repealed’Electronic Frontier Foundation, 3 December 2020, ‘Section 230 is Good, Actually’

Facebook & Google Antitrust Allegations / “Jedi Blue”:

Android Central, 18 December 2020, ‘Google has time to reflect on itself before antitrust trials begin in 2023‘CNN Business, 11 December 2020, ‘The antitrust case against Facebook: Here’s what you need to know’Android Central, 22 December 2020, ‘Google and Facebook made a shady pact to fight antitrust allegations’ (Jedi Blue)

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Opening Music: Another World by BETTOGH