Yesterday, Comcast confirmed that it hired and paid people to fill seats at an FCC hearing in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The hearing was held to address Comcast’s practice of preventing customers from file sharing. While the practice of seat warming is not uncommon (or illegal), Comcast said they were merely acting preemptively. Media watchdogs from Free Press, publicly critical of Comcast’s recent practices, had been encouraging their members and supporters to attend the hearing. More than 100 people were turned away from the hearing, ironically held at Harvard Law School.

Thanks to the Free Press and AP for the story…

Editor’s postscript: Thanks to the Red Davy Kidd for this image (below) of some of the “seat warmers” Comcast bussed in to the hearing. Unbelievable…

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