> The next question in my mind is whether incorporating private standards into legislation without compensation violates the the takings clause of the constitut

> The next question in my mind is whether incorporating private standards into legislation without compensation violates the the takings clause of the constitution. The standards cost money to produce, so it seems like _someone_ should pay for them, otherwise there'd be no incentive for the standards bodies to produce them in the first place. So I think maybe the best outcome would be a finding that these _are_ a taking, and that then governments who want to incorporate them by reference should have to pay to be able to do so (but then they'd be free to read to the public).