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Old 4th Oct 07, 12:53 AM
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AT&T defends plan to detect customers' Net piracy
*Source: News Blog (News.com) (http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9790675-7.html)*
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WASHINGTON--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.

The planned tactic is "not about heavy-handed tactics that go after the vast majority of our customers that want to consume content legally," AT&T assistant vice president of regulatory policy Brent Olson said at an antipiracy summit here hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. "It's about making more content available to more people in more ways going forward."

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