AT&T defends plan to detect customers' Net piracy

AT&T DEFENDS PLAN TO DETECT CUSTOMERS' NET PIRACY
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Anne Broache]
An AT&T executive on Wednesday sought to defuse fears that forthcoming tools aimed at identifying pirates on its network will harm the average Net surfer's online experience. In June, AT&T announced that it was collaborating with Hollywood studios and other copyright holders to come up with technological solutions to prevent users from swapping massive amounts of content in an unauthorized manner. The idea is to target and identify the most salient offenders, according to news reports at the time, but it remains unclear exactly how the technique will work.
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