[_aavaa_]

> It would be absurd to call Netflix and Hulu video service providers and could have extreme consequences, Garre said.

> “It would mean that anyone who streams content over the internet – whether it’s a high school that streams educational programs or athletic events or a church that may stream programs or this court itself, which is streaming this argument live today – would be a video service provider under the act, potentially subject to the franchising fee requirements,” Garre said.

[droopyEyelids]

This only seems controversial because we're reading the colloquial meaning of 'video service provider' rather than the text of the bill.

The text of the bill applies to companies who >lay fiber or cable through the public right of way<

[mrguyorama]

Hulu and Netflix do not do those things, so why are they being caught up in this?