#Standards #Body #Whines That #People Who #Want #FreeAccess To The #Law Probably #Also Want ‘#FreeSex’ | Techdirt | # ! …

from the bad-ansi,-bad dept

You would think that “the law” is obviously part of the public domain.

| Mike Masnick |

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It seems particularly crazy to think that any part of the law itself might be covered by copyright, or (worse) locked up behind some sort of paywall where you cannot read it. Carl Malamud has spent many years working to make sure the law is freely accessible…
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# ! … it seems it is an unfortunate statement, considering that
# ! the access to Law texts must be, not only a right but an
# ! obligation, to @ll Citizens in a Democratic environment…

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