Verizon: We don't want to play copyright cop on our network

VERIZON: WE DON'T WANT TO PLAY COPYRIGHT COP ON OUR NETWORK
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Anne Broache]
AT&T may be flirting with filters designed to ferret out pirated material on its network, but Verizon Communications isn't interested. It's not that Verizon doesn't believe that it's vitally important to protect intellectual property, said Executive Vice President Tom Tauke. Rather, the company is concerned that inspecting individual packets, as rival AT&T is currently testing, poses potential dangers to consumer privacy and opens up a host of other potential watchdog duties that Verizon isn't keen on undertaking. "From a business perspective, we really don't want to assume the role of being police on the Internet," said Tauke, a former Iowa Republican congressman. "We are leery of using these technologies on our networks."
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