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Rob Z
Some of the building and mechanical codes are quite expensive (multi-volume sets...might be ~$200 per set). There was some guy in the midwest that was posting some of the codes online. He was sued by his state for copyright infringement, and the court ruled in his favor. If I recall correctly, the legal reasoning was that because the codes have the force of law, the states cannot restrict the dissemination of them anymore than they can restrict the publication of public laws, ordinances, etc. The result was that the building codes are in the "public domain", and they can't be protected the same way an author may do with his or her own writings.
Maybe the time is right for some activist lawyer to make the same case in your courts. :smilewinkgrin:
Maybe the time is right for some activist lawyer to make the same case in your courts. :smilewinkgrin:
