“Access to the law cannot be conditioned on the consent of a private party.”
The Pro Codes Act would give private standards organizations copyright control over building codes, safety standards, and accessibility guidelines that have been incorporated into law. That means laws you’re required to follow could be paywalled behind “read-only” access with no downloading or printing. The NAACP, library associations, and journalism groups are fighting it. Meanwhile the organizations pushing for this are reporting record revenues and paying their CEOs over a million dollars. They don’t need copyright protection to survive. They want it to profit.