http://austinist.com/2007/08/10/news_bits_14.php All comments for News Bits! en-us 2009 Adam S Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:41:20 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss aschragin@gmail.com aschragin@gmail.com 60 http://austinist.com/2007/08/10/news_bits_14.php#comment-1170326 http://austinist.com/2007/08/10/news_bits_14.php#comment-1170326 Comments Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:40:31 -0600 <p>Right. But this is not an example of abuse of Net Neutrality - this is plain old censorship, just like can happen on TV or radio, newspapers, etc. AT&T's ability to censor Pearl Jam's political viewpoints has nothing to do with the fact they own many of the "series of tubes" - it's because they were the ones filming the show.</p> http://austinist.com/2007/08/10/news_bits_14.php#comment-1169806 http://austinist.com/2007/08/10/news_bits_14.php#comment-1169806 Comments Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:11:15 -0600 <p>danimal - Activists are using the online censorship of Pearl Jam as an example of what telecommunications giants may do if net neutrality is not passed.</p> http://austinist.com/2007/08/10/news_bits_14.php#comment-1169799 http://austinist.com/2007/08/10/news_bits_14.php#comment-1169799 Comments Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:05:17 -0600 <p>The Pearl Jam thing had nothing to do with Net Neutrality - it was plain old censorship. In addition, AT&T has come out and said it was a mistake and wrong, and they have apologized. More importantly though, to hell with AT&T/Cingular/SBC/corporate-logo-of-the-week! They are the I-35 of telecommunications: just when you find it in your heart to give them another chance, they screw you over like you knew they would.</p>