User blog comment:Kate Ray91899/BAD NEWS/@comment-3347644-20110717041330

This has been highly misinterpreted - it's a shame. No one is going to jail. S. 978 has no effect upon any upload ("public performance") that is not for "commercial advantage or personal financial gain", other than an illegal pre-release of commercial materials not yet published. In other words, the proposal will only affect those who are already criminals making a profit from copyright infringement by "distribution" or "reproduction" without the necessary license or statutory exemption. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s112-978