The Supreme Court just heard the State of Georgia’s argument for copyrighting the law and charging for access to it Boing Boing

For years, rogue archivist Carl Malamud (previously) has been scanning and posting proprietary elements of the law, such as standard annotations or building and safety codes developed by outside parties and then incorporated into legislation, on the theory that if you are expected to follow the law, you must be able to read, write and share that law. Along the way, Malamud has attracted numerous lawsuits from standards development organizations, publishers, national governments and state…

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