AT&T, NBC Lump Piracy in with Spam, Malware as Net Pollution
ars technica, September 25, 2008
By Nate Anderson
The industry front group Arts & Labs is trying to equate piracy with spam and malware, calling it all "net pollution" that clogs the Web. But their solution -- to use "legal" alternatives that belong to the groups' members -- merely trades one avenue of streaming and downloading for another.
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