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AT&T Looking at Internet Filtering: Financial News - Yahoo!Finance

milzika rated 9 months ago
the horsemen cometh "CEO Randall Stephenson told a conference at the World Economic Forum that the company is looking at monitoring peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, one of the largest drivers of online traffic but also a common way to illegally exchange copyright files."

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chrisfreer rated 9 months ago
AT&T Inc. is still evaluating whether to examine traffic on its Internet lines to stop illegal sharing of copyright material, its chief executive said Wednesday. CEO Randall Stephenson told a conference at the World Economic Forum that the company is looking at monitoring peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, one of the largest drivers of online traffic but also a common way to illegally exchange copyright files. "It's like being in a store and watching someone steal a DVD. Do you act?" Stephenson asked. AT&T has talked about such plans since last summer. They represent a break with the current practice of U.S. Internet service providers, who are shielded by law from liability if their subscribers trade copyright files like movies.
milzika rated 9 months ago
the horsemen cometh "CEO Randall Stephenson told a conference at the World Economic Forum that the company is looking at monitoring peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, one of the largest drivers of online traffic but also a common way to illegally exchange copyright files."
bhartzer rated 9 months ago
From the page: "AT&T Inc. is still evaluating whether to examine traffic on its Internet lines to stop illegal sharing of copyright material, its chief executive said Wednesday. CEO Randall Stephenson told a conference at the World Economic Forum that the company is looking at monitoring peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, one of the largest drivers of online traffic but also a common way to illegally exchange copyright files."
tomasco rated 9 months ago
Yell and scream over this one folks. Time to write your local crooks..........er, politicians............and bitch like mad. Tell them to leave our internet alone thank ya very much. The last thing we need is for the government to screw that up.