An online database doesn’t have to pull building codes from its site because a copyright lawsuit against it will likely fail due to the codes being incorporated into local, state, and federal laws, the Third Circuit affirmed.
The American Society for Testing and Materials failed to undermine a lower court’s ruling that UpCodes Inc. posting codes constitutes fair use, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The precedential opinion affirming denial of a preliminary injunction found the impact on ASTM’s market for its works is likely limited, while the public benefit of access to law helped push the ...