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Comments on news posted 2007-09-14 12:59:35: AT&T's Blue Room is the company's broadband portal aimed at delivering music and other content to broadband users. ..
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  shamrin
join:2001-01-08
Lexington, KY | Better late than never It would be interesting to know how they came up with the lame idea of censoring political content in the first place.
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| | | | Re: Better late than never Come on, ATT/SBC are the ones who set up secret rooms in their facilities to enable spying for the Department of Homeland Security. Political censoring comes at no surprise. | |
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 MacWin
join:2003-06-26
Imperial, MO | Sure they won't More PR spin, they'll cut out whatever they want to. | |
| |  en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Re: Sure they won't Yup... big brother Telecom.
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| | | | | | Another Slogan.
ATT - How may we spy on you today? | |
| |  AZ_OGM
join:2007-01-12
Phoenix, AZ | How did you get my cell phone's wallpaper! I don't call them Death Star Mobile for nothing. | |
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 ThalerPremium
join:2004-02-02
Los Angeles, CA
kudos:3
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| You Can Kill the Hooker, Just Don't Have Sex quote:
The company says they do still reserve the right to censor the video feed in the case of "excessive sexual content -- nudity or simulated sex acts."
This just made me laugh. There's a maturity expectation for certain band's content (ie. lots of cussing), but God forbid you show a boob. FFS...censor the artist down to PG-13 ratings (ie. wholesome for the whole family), or just don't screw with the feed at all.
I mean, if "Blue Room" is supposed to be "in the concert" as much as they hype...when's the last time you went to a heavy metal concert and expected to have the artists Disney-fy the content for you? | |
| |  DHRacerFire Survivor
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA
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·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: You Can Kill the Hooker, Just Don't Have Sex I say we quietly adopt legislation requiring nudist-beaches every 10 miles, and maybe we can finally drop the boob-shot-is-bad thing and grow up like the rest of Europe does.
For the land of the free, we sure are sexually inhibited. Which is wierd, because the last time I looked, Eurpoe has religion too, but they don't scream bloody murder about that stuff like we get over here.
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| | |  major marcoRes Firma Mitescere NescitPremium
join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA
1 edit | Re: You Can Kill the Hooker, Just Don't Have Sex said by DHRacer:For the land of the free, we sure are sexually inhibited. Which is wierd, because the last time I looked, Eurpoe has religion too, but they don't scream bloody murder about that stuff like we get over here. It's only a handful of very vocal fundies who scream about any given thing that does not fit into what they believe the rest of us should see or hear. For example, each time the FCC gets a complaint about television content, they make it out like hundreds of thousands complained about the infamous Janet boob exposure, whereas, the ::REALITY:: was something like 20 people -all of the fundie persuasion- actually complained.
If people didn't want to see tits & ass and lots of it on the tube, then we wouldn't be drowning in ridiculous "reality" TV or equally ridiculous comedy sitcoms. Television would be fundie TV 365x24x7. Even Fox would drop questionable shows that don't tow the fundie line, but the ::REALITY:: is that most Americans like their T&A just fine.
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The Toll
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| | | | | | Re: You Can Kill the Hooker, Just Don't Have Sex From the tone of your post, I gather you're not a parent. And also share a great amount of hostility towards people of religious persuasion who want at least a modicum of decency on primetime TV. "something like 20 people" - I bet I know where you pulled that figure (and it's not worth repeating here...) Kudos on showing your true colors. | |
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4 edits |  Info on the Austin City Limits concerts this weekend
»attblueroom.com/music/events/acl···ayer.php
They did throw in a warning about explicit language and before you watch you have to agree to it.
Live Events Terms of Use
VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED: This is a live performance, which may contain mature content. To view this content, you must be at least 13 years of age, reside in the United States, and accept the Terms of Use.
The following terms and conditions of use ("these Terms of Use”) apply to the website known as "AT&T blue room" (www.attblueroom.com) (this "Site"). This Site is owned and operated by AT&T Operations, Inc. ("AT&T").
VIEWER DISCRETION RECOMMENDED: This Site may contain language and video that is offensive, controversial, or only appropriate for an adult audience.
By using this Site, you represent that you are at least 13 years old. After looking at list of groups playing, I doubt they will have any problems. | |
| amungusPremium
join:2004-11-26
America | one word Good. At least they owned up to their past mistakes.
Probably not much political talk to be censored at Austin City Limits, but it's nice to know that they won't mess with it anyway. | |
| |  SarahPremium,ExMod 2002-05
join:2001-01-09
Cambridge, MA
kudos:5 | Re: one word said by amungus:Probably not much political talk to be censored at Austin City Limits LOL!
Yeah, with headlining artists like Bob Dylan, the Indigo Girls and Steve Earle I'm sure it'll be completely free of political statements. | |
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 ftthzIf love can kill hate can also save
join:2005-10-17 | we'll see ... | |
| | | What if the Sex is not Simulated? Will they show it then? | |
| | | | Re: What if the Sex is not Simulated? A fair question for sure... | |
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 cabanaDepartment of AdjustmentsAssistant
join:2000-07-07
New York, NY
AT&T Southeast
56k Lookout! (broa..
1 edit | here a chick there a chick everywhere a chick chick I am not shocked someone thought it was a good idea-- I don't agree with the policy -- but I am ...not shocked 
Remember when a set of chicks were treated as if their right to say what they thought was somehow the evil incarnate?...
Their follow up anthem to the experience -- spoke volumes -- and even if you don't care for their music... I think you should respect that not only did the survive quite a lashing -- but rose above it.
Dixie Chicks, Not Ready To Make Nice Lyrics
Artist: Dixie Chicks
Song: Not Ready To Make Nice
Album: Taking The Long Way
Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I'm not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I'm still waiting
I'm through, with doubt,
There's nothing left for me to figure out,
I've paid a price, and i'll keep paying
I'm not ready to make nice,
I'm not ready to back down,
I'm still mad as hell
And I don't have time
To go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is
You think I should
I know you said
Why can't you just get over it,
It turned my whole world around
and i kind of like it
I made by bed, and I sleep like a baby,
With no regrets and I don't mind saying,
It's a sad sad story
That a mother will teach her daughter
that she ought to hate a perfect stranger.
And how in the world
Can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they'd write me a letter
Saying that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over
I'm not ready to make nice,
I'm not ready to back down,
I'm still mad as hell
And I don't have time
To go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is
You think I should
I'm not ready to make nice,
I'm not ready to back down,
I'm still mad as hell
And I don't have time
To go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is
You think I should
Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I'm not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I'm still waiting | |
| | | | Re: here a chick there a chick everywhere a chick chick quote:
Remember when a set of chicks were treated as if their right to say what they thought was somehow the evil incarnate?...
No, but I remember when the public exercised their right say what they thought about the chick's thoughts. | |
| | | | | Re: here a chick there a chick everywhere a chick chick The public sure did exercise their right to say what they thought about the Dixie Chicks' thoughts, giving the Dixie Chicks new album "Taking The Long Way" their' highest debut album ever, despite Clear Channel's decision to not play said album.
From Wikipedia:
On May 31, 2006, the album took three number one spots of the Billboard magazine. It was number one on the Hot Country Albums, Top Digital Albums, and on the Billboard 200 chart, going Gold in its first week with 526,000 units sold.[1] The second week, the album stayed in the top spot while taking a 48% decline, selling 271,000 units and bringing the album sales total to 797,000 units.[2] In its third and fourth weeks, the album dropped to number two on the chart. During weeks five, six, and seven, the album remained as one of the top five albums in the country. During its eighth week, due to several high-profile new releases, the album was pushed out of the top ten to number eleven. However, on week nine, the album bounced back into the top ten. The album has sold 2,290,489 copies in the US as of July 11, 2007. | |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Wimps What kind of a badass company is this? Since when does AT&T dare give into this kind of pressure?
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