The House of Representatives Stop Onlinee Piracy Act (Sopa) and the Senate's Protect Intellectual Property Act (Pipa) are designed to block access to sites containing unauthorised copyright material.
To Gerson, it was an "obvious re-write" of the Chiffons hit, and within two months US music publisher Bright Tunes had served a writ on Harrison citing unauthorised copyright infringement.
Different means to avoid the availability of unauthorised copyright-protected content could be appropriate and proportionate depending on the type of content, and, therefore, it cannot be excluded that in some cases availability of unauthorised content can only be avoided upon notification of rightholders.
Unsurprisingly, attackers have sought to circumvent or bypass DRM control in order to obtain unauthorised access to copyrighted content.
The bill would make unauthorised streaming of copyrighted material for profit a felony (instead of the misdemeanor it is today), with a penalty of up to five years in prison.
It is absolutely imperative that the Premier League takes this action now before this issue escalates beyond its control and remit like we have seen in the music industry for example, which was quite naive about the impact the unauthorised use of copyrighted music through the Internet had on its revenue streams.
The spokesperson confirmed to VICE that as part of their regulations "gambling operators must not advertise on websites which provide unauthorised access to copyrighted content", but a number of firms do not appear to be paying attention.
"In 2015 our involvement in an Operation Creative pilot exercise led to a 36percentt decrease in gambling advertisements appearing on websites providing unauthorised access to copyrighted content," a Gambling Commission spokesperson said.
SOPA, as I'm sure you know, is the shady bill that will introduce way harsher penalties for companies and individuals caught violating copyright online (including making the unauthorised streaming of copyrighted content a crime which you could actually go to jail for).
The label cited "unauthorised reproduction and distribution of copyrighted sound recordings owned or exclusively distributed by Sony Music".
