There have been several cases, mostly along building standards, but the state of Georgia famously sued Carl Malamud for infringing on the copyright of state law

There have been several cases, mostly along building standards, but the state of Georgia famously sued Carl Malamud for infringing on the copyright of state laws when he publishing the full annotated version of their laws online: http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-state-of-georgia-copyright-wall-20150727-column.html http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-state-of-ge... Malamud had worked with Aaron Swartz on opening up Pacer: https://public.resource.org/crime/ https://public.resource.org/crime/ And he was joined by the EFF defending against a suit by the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors Association after he published the details of a Federally-mandated safety standard: https://www.eff.org/press/releases/publicresourceorg-prevails-free-speech-case-over-publishing-safety-standards https://www.eff.org/press/releases/publicresourceorg-prevail...