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Interview with AT&T on BitTorrent Filtering

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the please-hammer-don't-hurt-em dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Slyck is running an interview with AT&T's Vice President of Legal Affairs, Jim Cicconi. AT&T discusses the latest in their effort to filter, however one interesting point tends to show they aren't moving anywhere until they discuss this with their customers. "We hear from our customers directly and indirectly. It's a very competitive business, ravenously so. I think our company is very, very sensitive to customer attitude — we have to consider this," Jim Cicconi told Slyck.com."

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  1. Re:asdlfkj3214^J!#$K%JEWKRJL^#!$%DJGASDLKTJ by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 4, Funny

    You make a valid point, but aren't you overstating the strength of your evidence?

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  2. Already a dozen comments... by daveschroeder · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...in a story where an AT&T executive is asserting it "listens" to its customers, and no wisecracks about NSA wiretapping?

    Come on, people, you disappoint me! ;-)

  3. Identifying Pirated Content by zifn4b · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We've [internally] tested several systems, and we're going to see if there's a way to identify pirated content on the network. That asks the question of what to do if we develop such as technology. The actual deployment raises a lot of questions, [such as the impact on] customer rights and government policy. We wouldn't proceed without answers to those questions." Hmm... maybe they could use something similar to this.
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  4. Re:asdlfkj3214^J!#$K%JEWKRJL^#!$%DJGASDLKTJ by Scutter · · Score: 4, Funny

    WARNING - - - Cat-like typing detected.

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    "Tell me doctor, with all of your defenses, are there any provisions for an attack by killer bees?"
  5. Actually... by The+Amazing+Fish+Boy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I posted one, but my ISP filtered the post.

  6. Re:EDGE by stinerman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, the Internet is faster for YOU if no one else does anything other than check their email. In fact, it's faster for everyone if everyone just doesn't use it. Look at all that theoretical capacity!