> No-one should have to Pay, login, sign up or give PII in exchange for access to text of legal statutes, something that is public property and derived from pub

> No-one should have to Pay, login, sign up or give PII in exchange for access to text of legal statutes, something that is public property and derived from public monies remitted to an elected government acting within its bounds of authority. So where's the utility in permitting the codes to be copyrighted? How could the public benefit from this?