AT&T Announces Plans to Filter Copyright Content

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."

Comments

won't someone PLEASE think of the children!?

[timmarhy]

i just seen goatse.cx and it warped my fragile mind - i'm going to sue at&t for not filtering it!

thats all they are going to hear in court for the next 100000000 years if they do this.

Re:AT&T shutting down the internet...

[QCompson]

George Bush (the idiot president how can't even speak properly)
Bush is stupid, his actions speak for them self.

Make sure you look in the mirror before you call someone ugly.

Re:Ouch.

[Daedone]

Really? is your economy doing all that well? Because today I can buy an $1USD for $1.06 Canadian, compared to 2 or 3 years ago when it was *$1.60*.

Yep, that Dubya is doing a bang up job.... for MY economy.

If it wasnt for the fact we're worried about getting sucked into this asinine mess too, the whole thing would be a lot more laughable.

Hmm, I wonder what it would be like to be the Switzerland of the americas?

Offtopic

[Harmonious Botch]

I just looked at your blog, read the article on '300', which says

Since 9/11, including the people that were killed in 9/11, more people have been accidently killed by police officers in the United States than killed by terrorists. Yet how many people are convinced, by the government, by the media, that terrorists lurk behind every corner. That fear gives the governments power to do things its people would normally never allow. It's not the terrorists you should be afraid of. If true, that fact is appalling. It is over 1.5 people per day, including holidays. Do you have sources to back that? ( Not trying to challenge you - I'm truly curious )