AT&T censors Pearl Jam & blocks lyrics on the net

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  • Jenny S.
    Confirmed User
    • Apr 2006
    • 582
    #1

    AT&T censors Pearl Jam & blocks lyrics on the net

    The fuckheads at AT&T did another step towards intenet censorship by censoring Pearl Jam lyrics. t turns out that the parts that were blocked were during the song, "Daughter," as Pearl Jam had substituted some lyrics. They sang, to the tune of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall," the words, "George Bush, leave this world alone"

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/art-br...n_b_59687.html

    If nobody protests we soon will live at the grace of three telephone companies.
    Jenny Seemore
    Pornography is the bloody gladiator who stands guard over the First Amendment
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    • Rochard
      Jägermeister Test Pilot
      • Dec 2001
      • 75764
      #2
      I really liked this part....

      So how shall we interpret this? According to the band, the explanation from AT&T was to blame the censorship on their "content monitor." Blaming a junior staffer is the standard excuse when an organization, such as a political campaign, wants to avoid taking responsibility for a policy or action that leads to something bad or embarrassing, and so fobs the bad deed off on some junior person to take the fall.

      The larger question is, why do they have a "content monitor?" This isn't TV, where the Federal Cussing Commission is looking over everyone's shoulder. There isn't a rule about what content can get streamed over the Internet, at least not yet.

      What is a content monitor? Someone sitting on the "bleep" button? Why would they have something like that on the Internet?
      Herschel Savage
      Brooklyn, NY

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        • Jenny S.
          Confirmed User
          • Apr 2006
          • 582
          #3
          They posted the original vodeo now

          http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/0...s_n_59807.html
          Jenny Seemore
          Pornography is the bloody gladiator who stands guard over the First Amendment

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            • TubeTitans_SusieQ
              Confirmed User
              • May 2007
              • 3884
              #4
              oh man....





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