Capitol Hill got a little surreal this week as YouTube CEO and founder Chad Hurley got yanked in font of the House telecommunications subcommittee to discuss the future of video.
Hurley joined other heavy-hitting industry billionaire influencers like HDNet founder and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, and executives from TiVo.
Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass), chair of the committee and sponsor of pro-Net Neutrality legislation, videoed the meeting, an historical first, and put up
Which leads to the question of who is going to do something about it? Who is going to take the responsibility of protecting that content that Youtube is paying for?
He ends sentences with prepositions because billionaires can do that, and he also doesn't think any of the pervasive Net Neutrality fears will pan out, because billionaires can think outside the bandwidth. Cuban's touted fiber as the key to mooting Net Neutrality points as the virtual world evolves beyond coaxial cable and telephone wires.
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