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Submitted: October 20, 2011 - 8:28am
Last updated: October 20, 2011 - 8:37am
Last updated: October 20, 2011 - 8:37am
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Hill, The
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Brendan Sasso
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An anti-piracy bill pending in the Senate could send pop star Justin Bieber to prison for up to five years, according to a group lobbying to kill the legislation.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), would make it a felony for users to post unlicensed content online 10 times in 180 days. The bill is backed by the Recording Industry Association of America, the Motion Picture Association of America and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Justin Bieber first gained fame by posting videos of himself singing famous pop songs. According to the group Fight for the Future, those videos could land the 17 year-old pop star in prison under the proposed legislation.
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