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Aug 19 2008

US – Public Pressure Caused ISP Cable One to End Customer Snooping

An interesting report reveals that Cable One had been quietly conducting targeted advertising on its customers, but pulled the plug once pressure mounted to end such trials.
It’s been quite a spectacle. ISPs being under fire for privacy related issues with its own customers has frazzled more than a few nerves in the past couple [...]

Nov 7 2006

Yahoo! to Offer Ads to Cellular Customers

Yahoo is set to begin showing ads to cellular customers. We have long felt safe from marketing while using our cellphones to browse pages, but now Yahoo, who has offered free viewing of search pages and other areas, is pushing ads to your phone that will take into account bandwidth and screen size. [...]

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  • Corey K: I wonder if there will come a point where - if nobody if playing these covers (ie giving the big artists free promotion)...
  • mountain_rage: It isn't unreasonable if it was 1 license that covered all music, and proven that they actually played the music before ...
  • skillsss: Comcast Censoring Conservative Voices? The American Public and the FCC need to keep an eye on ISPs. Comcast has been ...
  • mountain_rage: That is the downside to the radio model, all artist are tied in, and can't choose to give away their music for free to e...
  • I.Jackson: It's not unreasonable to ask a venue that presents live music (or recorded music) to pay a fee. After all, they are usi...
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