AT&T Censors Pearl Jam WebCast - UPDATE
Pearl JamOm Malik:
Ma Bell seems to be acting like the big brother. Apparently, AT&T censored parts of Pearl Jam’s performance over the weekend. Rock band was performing as part of Lollapalooza. On their website, Pearl Jam writes:More here.During the performance of “Daughter” the following lyrics were sung to the tune of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” but were cut from the webcast: - “George Bush, leave this world alone.” (the second time it was sung); and - “George Bush find yourself another home.”
They go on and say that this is more than just the censorship of a rock band. “What happened to us this weekend was a wake up call,” they write. AT&T blamed the censorship on an over aggressive content monitor.
Gigi B. Sohn, president and co-founder of Public Knowledge, dismissed that defense, and said it was “nothing short of appalling.”
UPDATE: 15:02 PDT: More on this here over at IP & Democracy.
posted by Fergie @ 8/08/2007 02:02:00 PM
1 Comments:
Who cares, Pearl Jam?
Songs in the key of A - boring…
When was the last time these clowns were relevant?
Sounds like an internal stunt by PJ’s management team…
“don’t worry fellas we’ll get the spotlight on ya yet, we’ll just fiddle faddle with them internet controls and next thing you know you be fightin’ the power again in yer 40’s!”
What a joke…Eddie Chedder = Self Absorbed Hype
By the way - great publicity shot - ye old Vedder with his bottle o' wine and his poetry book LOL
Cheese!
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