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American Society for Testing and Materials v. Public.Resource.Org

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ASTM and other standard development organizations sued Public.Resource.org for copyright infringement after the web site posted standards that had been…

ASTM and other standard development organizations sued Public.Resource.org for copyright infringement after the web site posted standards that had been incorporated into state and federal laws, but were copyrighted and developed by the plaintiffs. In an amicus brief in support of dismissal of the claim before the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the Reporters Committee argued that the practice of charging citizens to view standards incorporated by reference raised First Amendment concerns, and that the First Amendment’s structural role in promoting informed debate and the news media’s ability to check governmental power is limited when access to such information is restricted.

American Society for Testing and Materials v. Public.Resource.Org

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