I have not talked about net neutrality on this blog before, but it could affect all of our businesses, so thought I would share a couple things to wrap up the week. 1st a FUN music video with an important message, then comments from Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO from the recent SES show opposing the pending legislation.

About the video above:A Net Neutrality Message for Everyone: We Are the Web Music VideoThe issue of net neutrality is reaching a boiling point, and the results will affect every Internet user in the US. We Are the Web is here to raise awareness. Leslie Hall, Gem Sweater Superstar, has gotten together with some of her Internet Celebrity friends to bring you an important musical message about net neutrality featuring Leslie Hall, The Tron Guy, and Peter Pan.

On a more serious note, here is what Google CEO Eric Schmidt said about net neutraility at a recent SES (search engine strategies) summit in San Jose.

“Schmidt touched on net neutrality during his keynote presentation, noting that Google remains steadfastly opposed to legislation being pushed by the telcos and now moving through Congress that would establish multi-tier Internet pricing. He said Google will be able to handle any increase in its costs if this legislation ultimately becomes law, but it remains opposed to it on the principle of maintaining the status quo “neutral” environment.

Schmidt claimed that a two-tiered pricing model will make it more difficult for future Internet innovators (i.e., start-ups) to compete on a level playing field, and noted that “historically, tiered pricing models haven’t worked.”

More at: http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/258616.htm