Ed's open letter to fans about the AT&T Daughter censorship

CantKeepMeHere

Does anyone have a link or cut and paste of that letter - I tried going back through the "news" here and found nothing.
Thanks

Ledbetterman10

"AT&T's actions strike at the heart of the public's concerns over the power that corporations have when it comes to determining what the public sees and hears through communications media.

If a company that is controlling a webcast is cutting out bits of our performance — not based on laws, but on their own preferences and interpretations — fans have little choice but to watch the censored version. What happened to us this weekend was a wake-up call, and it's about something much bigger than the censorship of a rock band."

CantKeepMeHere

its a long one but a good read

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/ ... needs.html

U R A Crazy Breed

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

"AT&T's actions strike at the heart of the public's concerns over the power that corporations have when it comes to determining what the public sees and hears through communications media.

If a company that is controlling a webcast is cutting out bits of our performance — not based on laws, but on their own preferences and interpretations — fans have little choice but to watch the censored version. What happened to us this weekend was a wake-up call, and it's about something much bigger than the censorship of a rock band."

it's amazing how Ed was so outspoken when Bush was in office and now not a fucking peep since that douche Obama has been in office........i just don't understand it.....it makes me so very,very sad.....it almost feels like i lost a friend.

i_lov_it

U R A Crazy Breed wrote:

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

"AT&T's actions strike at the heart of the public's concerns over the power that corporations have when it comes to determining what the public sees and hears through communications media.

If a company that is controlling a webcast is cutting out bits of our performance — not based on laws, but on their own preferences and interpretations — fans have little choice but to watch the censored version. What happened to us this weekend was a wake-up call, and it's about something much bigger than the censorship of a rock band."

it's amazing how Ed was so outspoken when Bush was in office and now not a fucking peep since that douche Obama has been in office........i just don't understand it.....it makes me so very,very sad.....it almost feels like i lost a friend.

Yeah True!

CantKeepMeHere

U R A Crazy Breed wrote:

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

"AT&T's actions strike at the heart of the public's concerns over the power that corporations have when it comes to determining what the public sees and hears through communications media.

If a company that is controlling a webcast is cutting out bits of our performance — not based on laws, but on their own preferences and interpretations — fans have little choice but to watch the censored version. What happened to us this weekend was a wake-up call, and it's about something much bigger than the censorship of a rock band."

it's amazing how Ed was so outspoken when Bush was in office and now not a fucking peep since that douche Obama has been in office........i just don't understand it.....it makes me so very,very sad.....it almost feels like i lost a friend.

BUT aleast our avitars still kick ass!!!

U R A Crazy Breed

CantKeepMeHere wrote:

BUT aleast our avitars still kick ass!!!

*high five*

RiotZact

U R A Crazy Breed wrote:

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

"AT&T's actions strike at the heart of the public's concerns over the power that corporations have when it comes to determining what the public sees and hears through communications media.

If a company that is controlling a webcast is cutting out bits of our performance — not based on laws, but on their own preferences and interpretations — fans have little choice but to watch the censored version. What happened to us this weekend was a wake-up call, and it's about something much bigger than the censorship of a rock band."

it's amazing how Ed was so outspoken when Bush was in office and now not a fucking peep since that douche Obama has been in office........i just don't understand it.....it makes me so very,very sad.....it almost feels like i lost a friend.

Probably because obama never does anything so u cant speak out about it

CantKeepMeHere

U R A Crazy Breed wrote:

CantKeepMeHere wrote:

BUT aleast our avitars still kick ass!!!

*high five*

if you look close I even chose the "Freak" cover!! and these are all vinyls I actually own - not enough room for LO2L

Ledbetterman10

RiotZact wrote:

U R A Crazy Breed wrote:

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

"AT&T's actions strike at the heart of the public's concerns over the power that corporations have when it comes to determining what the public sees and hears through communications media.

If a company that is controlling a webcast is cutting out bits of our performance — not based on laws, but on their own preferences and interpretations — fans have little choice but to watch the censored version. What happened to us this weekend was a wake-up call, and it's about something much bigger than the censorship of a rock band."

it's amazing how Ed was so outspoken when Bush was in office and now not a fucking peep since that douche Obama has been in office........i just don't understand it.....it makes me so very,very sad.....it almost feels like i lost a friend.

Probably because obama never does anything so u cant speak out about it

Dude, obviously you don't follow politics very closely . Obama has done a lot. For instance:

- He predicted that the Steelers would beat the Cardinals in the Super Bowl
- He filled out an NCAA Tournament Bracket.
- He congratulated that guy from the White Sox that threw a perfect game.
- He had some Nascar guys drive their cars on the White House lawn.

Now is that isn't the type of resume that wins you the Nobel Peace Prize, then what is?

RiotZact

My bad, You also forgot that he spent one of his saturdays commentating a georgetown-duke game

babel44

I Know he has been in office for over a year.... and he hasn't started any new wars.
what a bum

Ledbetterman10

babel44 wrote:

I Know he has been in office for over a year.... and he hasn't started any new wars.
what a bum

I think he has to end this one first

RiotAct10

U R A Crazy Breed wrote:

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

"AT&T's actions strike at the heart of the public's concerns over the power that corporations have when it comes to determining what the public sees and hears through communications media.

If a company that is controlling a webcast is cutting out bits of our performance — not based on laws, but on their own preferences and interpretations — fans have little choice but to watch the censored version. What happened to us this weekend was a wake-up call, and it's about something much bigger than the censorship of a rock band."

it's amazing how Ed was so outspoken when Bush was in office and now not a fucking peep since that douche Obama has been in office........i just don't understand it.....it makes me so very,very sad.....it almost feels like i lost a friend.

now, i admit, i voted for Obama, and would gladly do it again, but it should at least be pointed out that Pearl Jam has played like what, 10, maybe 15? probably less shows since Obama has been President. When Bush was in office they did two-mega tours, including one when Iraq was a hot-topic, and they also played a mini-election themed tour. So while I dont think Ed would be out there trashing Obama every night, he hasn't really had the chance to even if he wanted.

(Edit, I guess they have played 32 shows, with 16 of those being in the US. Still not many, and he hadn't even been President very long for most all of those.)

satansbed

and anyway what obama has been trying to do ed is all for, universal health care, closing guantamino, okay many people disagree(myself included) with what hes doing in afganastan but at the end of the day its not his war and hes set a timetable for withdrawing troops, so all in all he hasn't been amazing but fuck hes been alot better than bush

RiotZact

satansbed wrote:

and anyway what obama has been trying to do ed is all for, universal health care, closing guantamino, okay many people disagree(myself included) with what hes doing in afganastan but at the end of the day its not his war and hes set a timetable for withdrawing troops, so all in all he hasn't been amazing but fuck hes been alot better than bush

I agree that he has great ideas but then he dosn't try hard enough to get them in motion, hes speaking softly but not by any means carrying his big stick.

satansbed

RiotZact wrote:

satansbed wrote:

and anyway what obama has been trying to do ed is all for, universal health care, closing guantamino, okay many people disagree(myself included) with what hes doing in afganastan but at the end of the day its not his war and hes set a timetable for withdrawing troops, so all in all he hasn't been amazing but fuck hes been alot better than bush

I agree that he has great ideas but then he dosn't try hard enough to get them in motion, hes speaking softly but not by any means carrying his big stick.

yeah i see that a bit but i think the problem is congress not him

RiotZact

satansbed wrote:

RiotZact wrote:

satansbed wrote:

and anyway what obama has been trying to do ed is all for, universal health care, closing guantamino, okay many people disagree(myself included) with what hes doing in afganastan but at the end of the day its not his war and hes set a timetable for withdrawing troops, so all in all he hasn't been amazing but fuck hes been alot better than bush

I agree that he has great ideas but then he dosn't try hard enough to get them in motion, hes speaking softly but not by any means carrying his big stick.

yeah i see that a bit but i think the problem is congress not him

Awe whyd you have to say congress, our representitive in my region just died and he has always been a good one
R.I.P. John Murtha

U R A Crazy Breed

satansbed wrote:

and anyway what obama has been trying to do ed is all for, universal health care, closing guantamino, okay many people disagree(myself included) with what hes doing in afganastan but at the end of the day its not his war and hes set a timetable for withdrawing troops, so all in all he hasn't been amazing but fuck hes been alot better than bush

well for those of us who don't have their heads in the sand, we know Obama is a whore like Bush...we know this "universal health care" is only going to mean more $$ for big pharma, not better health care for us, infact it will get worse!...closing gitmo? it's not closed yet...and even if they do..big fucking deal...they will just torture the innocent somewhere else...i mean you do know that Obama has continued to use torture right?! infact he has continued all of the Bush/Cheney agendas...i can't help but get sick when i hear people say "he didn't start the war, give him some time to clean up Bush's mess" while the whole time Obama is just smearing more shit over the shit Bush left, he ain't cleaning a fucking thing!....you wanna know the difference between Bush & Obama? about 3 shades of brown and a silver spoon.

Stypo420

you wanna know the difference between Bush & Obama? about 3 shades of brown and a silver spoon.

A silver spoon really? have you anyidea the family that Bush comes from. If Obama was born with a silver spoon then the silver it is made with was purchased from the Bush family. Bush purchased his way through Yale, ducked the military, and failed over and over again at all kinds of different jobs including Pres of US.

I realize this is my first post but I have been reading for some time now, I know your on this board alot and don't mean to pop on and blast you but come on ...really.

The problem is bigger then Obama and Congress both at times appear to be spinning in circles for special interest. So what does everyone think about removing special interest out of the equation.

Special Interest = Large Corps

Stypo420

lgoose420 wrote:

you wanna know the difference between Bush & Obama? about 3 shades of brown and a silver spoon.

A silver spoon really? have you anyidea the family that Bush comes from. If Obama was born with a silver spoon then the silver it is made with was purchased from the Bush family. Bush bought and snorted his way through Yale, ducked the military, and failed over and over again at all kinds of different jobs including Pres of US.

I realize this is my first post but I have been reading for some time now, I know your on this board alot and don't mean to pop on and blast you but come on ...really.

The problem is bigger then Obama and Congress both at times appear to be spinning in circles for special interest. So what does everyone think about removing special interest out of the equation.

Special Interest = Large Corps

Large Corps should have no voice in our gov't