{"id":553,"date":"2007-08-09T11:25:41","date_gmt":"2007-08-09T18:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=553"},"modified":"2007-12-09T13:43:24","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T21:43:24","slug":"pearl-jam-censored-at-lollapalooza-by-att","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=553","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Jam Censored At Lollapalooza By AT&T"},"content":{"rendered":"

If we really needed proof that the Big Telcos are lying through their teeth when they celebrate themselves as defenders of free speech and open access, we couldn’t do better than this. AT&T, the sole provider for the webcast of Pearl Jam’s performance at Lollapalooza, and noted opponent of Network Neutrality, cut out politically charged portions of the band’s performance. I’ll let them tell it via their website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

After concluding our Sunday night show at Lollapalooza, fans informed us that portions of that performance were missing and may have been censored by AT&T during the “Blue Room” Live Lollapalooza Webcast.<\/span><\/p>\n

When asked about the missing performance, AT&T informed Lollapalooza that portions of the show were in fact missing from the webcast, and that their content monitor had made a mistake in cutting them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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:<\/span><\/p>\n