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kudos:5 | Back to the Past Engadget points out that AT&T’s TOS has simply reverted to its former restricted glory. It’s true. Here is the history of the changes of that particular paragraph (the restrictive language is in ALL CAPS):
Prior (end of 2008):
…but downloading movies using P2P file sharing services, REDIRECTING TELEVISION SIGNALS FOR VIEWING ON PERSONAL COMPUTERS, web broadcasting, and/or for the operation of servers, telemetry devices and/or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition devices is prohibited.
March 31st:
…but downloading movies using P2P file sharing services, CUSTOMER INITIATED REDIRECTION OF TELEVISION OR OTHER VIDEO OR AUDIO SIGNALS VIA ANY TECHNOLOGY FROM A FIXED LOCATION TO A MOBILE DEVICE, web broadcasting, and/or for the operation of servers, telemetry devices and/or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition devices is prohibited.
April 4th:
…but downloading movies using P2P file sharing services, web broadcasting, and/or for the operation of servers, telemetry devices and/or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition devices is prohibited.
April 29th:
…but downloading movies using P2P file sharing services, REDIRECTING TELEVISION SIGNALS FOR VIEWING ON PERSONAL COMPUTERS, web broadcasting, and/or for the operation of servers, telemetry devices and/or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition devices is prohibited.
As we can see, AT&T has now re-restricted television signals as it had prior to March 31st. But, again, this is beside the main point: The Internet is about openness, not restricted-ness. Rather than playing with words, the whole paragraph should be taken out.
Robb Topolski
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