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August 10, 2007

Pearl Jam vs Big Brother AT&T

During a Pearl Jam performance at Lollapalooza - a concert that was broadcast live via webcast - AT&T (one of the sponsors) muted Eddie Vedder as he sang some choice anti-President Bush lyrics. Viewers following on the web heard static during the lyrics, "George Bush, leave this world alone” and “George Bush find yourself another home”. Fortunately, we have sites like YouTube to expose these moments for what they are:

AT&T's response to the fallout: ”a major mistake by a webcast vendor and completely contrary to our policy." So much for "net-neutrality".

I guess despite his poor approval ratings, Bush still has clout with the major corporations. Visit Save the Internet Blog for more discussion about this unfortunate incident.

Posted by Jason at August 10, 2007 8:45 AM