The New (Old) War on Copyright Infringement, and How Context is Opening New Regulatory Possibilities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5715075 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kimberlee Weatherall (0000-0002-3605-8170, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 143 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 110-121 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media International Australia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1329878x1214300113 |
| OpenAlex | W2486257468 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
The internet blackout in January 2012 saw thousands of websites 'go dark' to protest proposed US laws designed to implement a 'multi-system denial of service attack' against alleged IP-infringing websites by making them both unfindable, and by cutting off any financial support. Within days, the laws - known as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) - effectively were dead. But when and how did such laws even reach the stage of serious discussion? This examines what has changed, and looks at how and why regulating internet intermediaries and making them the internet 'police' has gradually become more acceptable to governments
Advertising · Business · Computer security · Copyright infringement · Denial · Economics · Intellectual property · Intermediary · Internet hosting service · Internet privacy · Law and economics · Political science · Secrecy · The Internet · Computer Science · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · Freedom of Expression and Defamation · Law · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection · Finance
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |