User blog comment:FireBird-/Law Bill S.978 Can Shut Down Gaming Videos on Youtube!/@comment-1630756-20110721164348/@comment-670668-20110721170801

The problem is the the bill is too broad and ambiguous. The wording of it would make it seem illegal to have background music playing. People shouldn't have to stop their wedding and make sure no one is playing any music just so they can upload it to YouTube to share it with family and friends.

Additionally, YouTube has often mistakenly removed videos before that were permitted under copyright. A recent example being Nyan Cat, where the copyright holder was dumbfounded that YouTube had pulled the video when he did not request for it to be taken down. To think that mistakes like that are made, and contribute toward you being made a felon, is downright ridiculous.