Hiring a copyright attorney and footing the legal expenses of pursuing infringement claims in federal court is beyond the financial and other means of many individuals and smaller businesses that own copyrights. The CCB offers a potential way for those copyright owners and for alleged infringers to have their dispute settled in less time and for less cost. Free State Foundation Randolph May and I recommended the establishment of a voluntary small claims tribunal like the CCB in chapter eight of our most recent book, Modernizing Copyright Law for the Digital Age: Constitutional Foundations for Reform.
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