Illegal to stream from SA

This bill also makes live streaming impossible, because things need to be classified before they go out.
 
PS4 has a share button which you press and you stream your gaming instantly. How the fark do they plan on enforcing this?
 
Pitbull said:
PS4 has a share button which you press and you stream your gaming instantly. How the fark do they plan on enforcing this?
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If you press that button you immediately face a fine of R150k OR 8 months in prison.
 
What? Is this actually the case? I don't have the time to go read everything now.
 
Thor said:
Parliament has now signed the bill making it illegal to stream anything without first registering with the FPB. Failure to do so is a fine of R150k OR 8 months in prison.

https://pmg.org.za/bill/613/?via=homepage-card
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lawyerspeak all the way! o_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_O

edit : it looks more to target kiddie pr0nz... but they slipped in "game" and "movies" here and there, so it's a bit murky for me.

Any legal eagles on here who can peruse that and give us a TL;DR on it? :)
 
How are they going to police this ? I can stream from Steam games if I want to. I often hop onto other people's streams to see how their matches are going. How in the world are they going to control this?

And what about Twitch ? Are they going to be scanning the channels all day to see who is streaming ?
 
Neoprod said:
Yeah. The budgetary impact outlined in the bill says they expect it to cost R2m...that's just going to be a minister's new car.

Thor, you can unbunch your undies now.
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Bwahahahahhahahaha they really have no idea what is involved - do they ?!
 
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