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AT&T to Help MPAA Filter the Internet?

Save the Internet writes "Ars Technica is reporting that the MPAA is trying to convince major ISPs to do content filtering. Now, merely wanting it is one thing, but the more important point is that 'AT&T has agreed to start filtering content at some... ...full story at slashdot

from slashdot on Thu, Sep 20 2007

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20 Sep 07 visit MPAA head wants deeper relationship (read: content filtering) with ISPs  »  digg Dan Glickman, head of the MPAA, told a DC gathering yesterday that content filtering at the ISP level isn't just something the studios want... it's in everyone's interest.
09 Jan 08 visit AT&T openly says it may filter Internet content  »  digg According to Brad Stone over at The New York Times, AT&T openly stated at CES that they may start filtering Internet content. This is a very big announcement because most ISPs (even Comcast) have up until this point claimed to be net neutral. So much for...
06 Dec 07 visit MPAA Boss Makes Case for ISP Content Filtering  »  slashdot creaton writes "At the annual UBS Global & Media Communications Conference yesterday, MPAA boss Dan Glickman banged on the copyright filtering drum during a 45-minute speech. Glickman called piracy the MPAA's #1 issue and told the audience that it...
16 Jan 08 visit 2008 shaping up to be Year of Internet Filtering  »  digg Could 2008 be the Year of the Filter? As major ISPs publicly announced plans to start filtering their networks for copyright violations and a Congressional bill pushes colleges to adopt "technology-based deterrents" to file-swapping, filtering could go...
21 Mar 08 visit MPAA to Congress: filtering is in colleges’ best interests  »  digg In a letter to Congressional leaders, the MPAA continues to push for special copyright provisions in a new bill reauthorizing the federal student aid program for college students. Filtering, it seems, can save big money on bandwidth, but colleges remain...

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