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AT&T Announces Plans to Filter Copyright Content

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the bad-idea dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The LA Times reports that AT&T has announced plans to work with the Hollywood movie studios and major recording labels to implement new content filtering systems on their network. The plans raise many troubling legal issues including privacy concerns, false positive filtering, and liability for failure to filter."

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  1. Re:So much for my business by omeomi · · Score: 4, Funny

    I had been considering switching from Comcast to AT&T as soon as DSL became available at my house... so much for that idea.

    Talk about a choice between Giant Douchebag and Turd Sandwich...

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  2. Re:Ouch. by tx_kanuck · · Score: 4, Funny

    what are you talking about? We don't endlessly argue on slashdot!!! Everything here is nice and polite.

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  3. So I'd better make other plans by overshoot · · Score: 4, Funny
    to get my holiday movies from North Africa to my relatives on NewATT?

    I'm guessing they're not going to like a file transfer of casablanca.mov

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  4. Try Again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you meant to say, "Everything here is nice and polite, jackass."

  5. Re:SSL For All My Friends! by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 4, Funny

    If we act now, while we still can, before AT&T and their telco/cableco cartel shuts us down.

    We're almost convinced, but I think we need a few more random bold tags before it can happen...

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