Daily Crunch - Stimulus bill increases penalties for illegal streaming services

TechCrunch Newsletter [TechCrunch logo]( [The Daily Crunch logo]( Tuesday, December 22, 2020 • By [Anthony Ha]( The stimulus bill includes significant changes to copyright law and enforcement, the Biden administration may have to build a presidential Twitter following from scratch and we round up the startups that shut down this year. This is your Daily Crunch for December 22, 2020. [The big story: Stimulus bill increases penalties for illegal streaming services]( While we wrote several stories yesterday about the tech implications of the new stimulus bill (and highlighted it in yesterday’s Daily Crunch), more details are emerging — like the fact that it will [make illegal streaming for profit a felony](, punishable by fines or up to 10 years of imprisonment. The language of the bill seems to focus on commercial piracy services, rather than individuals or Twitch streamers — a point that one of its sponsors, Senator Thom Tillis, emphasized in a statement, claiming that “no individual streamer has to worry about the fear of prosecution.” On the copyright front, the bill also creates a new Copyright Claims Board to handle copyright infringement claims of up to $30,000. [Read more]( [The big story: Stimulus bill increases penalties for illegal streaming services image] Image Credits: Bill Dickinson / Getty Images [Flatfile researched how 100+ companies address data migrations]( Sponsored by [Flatfile]( [Does this sound familiar? 96% of companies Flatfile surveyed ran into problems when importing data. 23% said the process of migrating data takes weeks or even months! Check out the full 2020 State of Data Onboarding report.]( [Read more]( The tech giants [Google, Cisco and VMware join Microsoft to oppose NSO Group in WhatsApp spyware case]( — A coalition of companies have filed an amicus brief in support of a legal case brought by WhatsApp accusing NSO Group of using an undisclosed vulnerability to hack into at least 1,400 devices. [Twitter’s POTUS account will reportedly be reset to zero followers when Biden takes over]( — Twitter, meanwhile, says it has “been in ongoing discussions with the Biden transition team on a number of aspects related to White House account transfers.” [The tech giants image] Image Credits: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg / Getty Images Startups, funding and venture capital [Remembering the startups we lost in 2020]( — A look back at startups large and small that didn’t make it through hell year. [Horizon Robotics, a Chinese rival to Nvidia, seeks to raise over $700M]( — Horizon Robotics is a five-year-old unicorn specializing in AI chips for robots and autonomous vehicles. [Austin-based ReturnSafe raises $3.25M for its employee health management tools]( — Management toolkits that track employee health are piling into the market. [Startups, funding and venture capital image] Image Credits: Jay Castor / Unsplash Advice and analysis from Extra Crunch [To win post-pandemic, edtech needs to start thinking big]( — After a noisy 2020, can the sector maintain momentum? [One final $100M ARR company and the startups we want to meet in 2021]( — Let’s talk about Nexthink. [With a $50B run rate in reach, can anyone stop AWS?]( — AWS has taken advantage of first-to-market status to become the most successful player in the space. (Extra Crunch is our membership program, which aims to democratize information about startups. [You can sign up here](.) [Advice and analysis from Extra Crunch image] Image Credits: Dual Dual / Getty Images Everything else [Gift Guide: TechCrunch’s Favorite Things of 2020]( — Many of the podcasts, songs, movies, people and more that got us through this year. [NASA opens new launchpad at Kennedy Space Center meant to serve multiple commercial launch customers]( — The purpose of LC-48 is very explicitly to fill “a need for new, low-cost launch systems with very fast turnaround cycles.” [Everything else image] [Read more stories on TechCrunch.com]( Newest Jobs from Crunchboard - [.Net Application Architect at Talentquest (Atlanta, GA, USA)]( - [Technical Program/Product Managers at D. E. Shaw Research (New York, New York, USA)]( - [Systems Administrator at Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Middletown, PA, United States)]( - [Enterprise Development Supervisor at Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Middletown, PA, United States)]( - [Help Desk Technician at Mondetta MPG (Winnipeg, MB, Canada)]( [See more jobs on CrunchBoard]( [Post your tech jobs]( and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Youtube]( [Instagram]( [Flipboard]( [View this email online in your browser]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [Unsubscribe]( © 2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. 110 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103