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ATT REVEALS HOW IT WOULD CENSOR THE WEB
PR WATCH - "Over the weekend," comments SaveTheInternet.com, "AT&T gave
us a glimpse of their plans for the Web when they censored a Pearl Jam
performance that didn't meet their standard of 'Internet freedom.'
During the live Lollapalooza Webcast of a concert by the Seattle-based
super-group, the telco giant muted lead singer Eddie Vedder just as he
launched into a lyric against President George Bush. The lines - 'George
Bush, leave this world alone' and 'George Bush find yourself another
home' were somehow lost in the mix." After the band complained, an AT&T
flack said the deletion was a mistake by its "content monitor," who was
only supposed to be deleting profanity. (But since when do music groups
need "content monitoring" at all?)
http://www.prwatch.org/spin/
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ATT REVEALS HOW IT WOULD CENSOR THE WEB
PR WATCH - "Over the weekend," comments SaveTheInternet.com, "AT&T gave
us a glimpse of their plans for the Web when they censored a Pearl Jam
performance that didn't meet their standard of 'Internet freedom.'
During the live Lollapalooza Webcast of a concert by the Seattle-based
super-group, the telco giant muted lead singer Eddie Vedder just as he
launched into a lyric against President George Bush. The lines - 'George
Bush, leave this world alone' and 'George Bush find yourself another
home' were somehow lost in the mix." After the band complained, an AT&T
flack said the deletion was a mistake by its "content monitor," who was
only supposed to be deleting profanity. (But since when do music groups
need "content monitoring" at all?)
http://www.prwatch.org/spin/
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