What has become the Net Neutrality proof of concept AT&T hoped wouldn't come about – the censoring of a band with a cult following – is now no longer an isolated incident.
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The company was quick to distance itself from the events, shifting blame to a third-party service in charge of monitoring the Blue Room webcasts for profanity, which means, as these things flow downward, somebody's in a lot of trouble. An AT&T spokesperson assured critics similar incidents wouldn't happen in the future.
As for the profanity monitoring in the all-ages Blue Room, fans around the Internet protested the statement, noting at least 20 instances in the Lollapalooza webcast where "the F-word" slipped through.
Further investigations from fans and MTV News identified previously censored webcasts from Bonnaroo, another popular concert. The bands muted there include the Flaming Lips, the John Butler Trio, and comments made by Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine.
That Rage Against the Machine was edited is somewhat sublime irony, considering it was a crucial cog in "the machine" that attempted to silence the rage.
But the real biters come from Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, as quoted at
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