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Reminds me of the case a few years ago when some locality wanted to copyright a law, because they'd literally purchased the rights to the text from some industr
by kylemaxwell 15y ago
Reminds me of the case a few years ago when some locality wanted to copyright a law, because they'd literally purchased the rights to the text from some industry group.
That argument didn't go over well with the courts.
- brudgers 15y agoPerhaps you are thinking of: Peter Veeck v. Southern Building Code Congress International Veeck put the Standard Building Code as adopted by several local jurisdictions online. SBCCI sued because the model code was protected by copyright. http://www.pddoc.com/copyright/Veek_vs_Southern_Bldg_Code.htm http://www.pddoc.com/copyright/Veek_vs_Southern_Bldg_Code.ht... http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/99/99-40632.cv2.wpd.pdf http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/99/99-40632.cv2.wpd...