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Thank you, AT&T, for demonstrating why we need net neutrality!

DailyKOS writes that, according to the band’s website, Pearl Jam’s Lollapalooza webcast was censored by sponsor/webcaster AT&T:

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.

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:

“George Bush, leave this world alone.” (the second time it was sung); and
“George Bush find yourself another home.”

This is precisely the type of politically motivated censorship that big media corporations like AT&T have claimed that they would restrain themselves from doing if net neutrality were to be eliminated. Their inability to restrain themselves shows that they are liars and should not be trusted, and that we need net neutrality. Read more at DailyKos and Pearl Jam’s website. Look out for Pearl Jam’s posting of a video of the uncensored song, but until then, you can check out a fan’s clip of it at youtube.