For the party with the least bargaining power, the assertion that regulations directly translate into academic research is a dangerous simplification.
Who pays the price when we assume that regulation automatically turns into in-depth analysis and informed policy, ignoring structural inequalities?
The actual distributional impact on small producers or emerging creators is often overlooked if research is not independently funded.
For example, local content quotas for streaming in Australia do not guarantee that research funds will fairly assess the impact on less established voices, which biases our understanding.