Internet Companies Learned From Broadcasters, Smith Says

Internet companies fighting piracy legislation took a few lessons from broadcasters about how to use their own media, the head of the National Association of Broadcasters said on April 16.

Just as broadcasters used their airwaves in recent years to fight legislation that would have required radio stations to pay performers for playing their music on air and to get changes NAB wanted to spectrum legislation, Internet firms used their websites to oppose the House Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate's Protect IP Act, NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith said at the group's annual meeting.