Open AccessTHE CASE ACT: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERNET STUDIES RESEARCH
Author(s) -
Patricia Aufderheide,
Aram Sinnreich,
Mariana Sánchez Santos
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
selected papers of internet research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2162-3317
DOI - 10.5210/spir.v2021i0.12137
Subject(s) - the internet , work (physics) , internet privacy , legal aspects of computing , public relations , political science , law and economics , sociology , computer science , world wide web , engineering , mechanical engineering
Copyright policy is inextricably entangled with the work of academic researchers on Internet culture. This paper examines a new U.S. law, the CASE Act, which creates a new venue for resolving copyright disputes for up to $30,000. We discuss the implications of such a venue for U.S.-based internet studies research.