Re: ISP Censorship

["Steven Adair" <steven () securityzone org>]

Also, if everyone saw the update from yesterday, it was apparently an
erroneous action  by a third-party:

 AT&T Inc said on Thursday a company it hired to handle the cybercast of a
live concert by U.S. rock band Pearl Jam erroneously omitted lyrics
criticizing U.S. President George Bush that were in a song performed by
the band. "Those lyrics in no way, shape or form, are something that
should have been edited," AT&T spokesman Michael Coe said. -Reuters
(http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN091821320070809)

Maybe that's passing the buck after being called out, OR *maybe* it was
just an accident without a conspiracy theory behind it.

Steven
securityzone.org

> On 8/9/07, Stack Smasher <stacksmasher () gmail com> wrote:
> > If anyone out there was doubting Dan Kaminsky at Blackhat/DefCon this
> > year, it has already started.
> >
> > http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN091821320070809?feedType=RSS&rpc=22&sp=true
>
>
> This isn't really ISP censorship. AT&T is an ISP, but in this case, they
> were acting as a broadcaster.
>
> Whether or not you agree with what AT&T did, the fact is that, as a
> broadcaster/publisher of a concert, they have every right to edit it as
> they
> see fit. Was it a stupid thing to do? Yes, if just because it's a horrible
> PR move. Was it *ISP* censorship? No, because they weren't editing a
> third-party site so their subscribers get different content than the rest
> of
> the world.
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