Phyrfight Intel

“… if you, a consumer, should share (that’s the “any other means” part), say, your Netflix password with someone else, whether that someone else is related to you or not, that person could be prosecuted.

The penalty for infringement? “Stealing $500 or less of entertainment would be a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of $2,500. Theft with a higher price tag would be a felony, with heavier penalties.”

While it is true that the intent of the bill was to address the blatant illegal sharing of entertainment content by the likes of those legions of scofflaws called “pirates” or “students,” the potentially ridiculously wide net it casts is ripe for abuse by Big Media.”

http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2011/060911-backspin.html