Comment on Ask HN: Why are ISO standards so expensive?parentComments−Causality17yOne is reminded of the legal fight over the public posting of Georgia's penal code.−rootsudo7yMore info? I tried to google and I can't find any good links - was it that only people that could afford printed copies had access to the Law?−TeamTeaTime7yhttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/appeals-court-tells-ge...Basically there are annotations that are considered part of the law but they are behind copyright and can't be distributed in the way you expect public laws to be.−Geforce84727yLink here has some info about it:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181019/12232640876/appea...
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One is reminded of the legal fight over the public posting of Georgia's penal code.
More info? I tried to google and I can't find any good links - was it that only people that could afford printed copies had access to the Law?
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/appeals-court-tells-ge...
Basically there are annotations that are considered part of the law but they are behind copyright and can't be distributed in the way you expect public laws to be.
Link here has some info about it:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181019/12232640876/appea...