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An AI-powered compliance platform that accelerates design to construction
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upcodes.bsky.social
"When we require a license to speak the law, we have made a mockery of freedom of speech."

public.resource.org/edicts/

#LawIsFree #ShameOnICC #NonProfitGreed
An Edicts of Government Amendment
Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on revisions of the U.S. Copyright Act
public.resource.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
upcodes.bsky.social
Sadly, efforts to restrict access to the law are not modern evil. 🧐

Take 1m to write your reps to stop the Pro Codes Act: up.codes/pro-codes-act
July 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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thecontechcrew.bsky.social
One algorithm tweak can break your whole business.

🎧 Listen to the full episode https://youtu.be/ix083wR0tOA

@upcodes.bsky.social  

#contechmarketing #SEOshift #contentstrategy #constructiontech #HubSpotEffect #audiencebuilding #constructionbranding #algorithms #upcodes
July 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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thecontechcrew.bsky.social
Nonprofit CEOs making millions while blocking access.

🎧 Listen to the full episode https://youtu.be/ix083wR0tOA

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#constructiontransparency #buildingcodeaccess #openlaw #ProCodesAct #contech #upcodes #legalinnovation #accessibilitymatters #codecompliance #nonprofitethics
July 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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thecontechcrew.bsky.social
Legal compliance shouldn’t come with a paywall.

🎧 Listen to the full episode https://youtu.be/ix083wR0tOA

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#buildingcodeaccess #ProCodesAct #constructionlaw #openstandards #contech #UpCodes #legalinnovation #compliancematters #buildingtransparency #accessibilityforall
July 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
upcodes.bsky.social
Public interest groups sent a letter to Congress opposing private ownership of the law. 🧑‍⚖️

ARL, EFF, NAACP, Public.Resource.Org and many others

www.arl.org/our-prioriti...
Letter Opposing Pro Codes Act — Association of Research Libraries
On Jul 8, 2025, ARL signed on to a letter to the House Judiciary Committee opposing the Pro Codes Act, arguing that it would inappropriately grant copyright protection to standards...
www.arl.org
July 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
upcodes.bsky.social
Analysis of the Pro Codes Act by AI. Impressed it saw through the lie that the publishers need copyright on the law to survive. ⚖️

#procodesact #freelaw #openaccess
July 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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lemonbombs.bsky.social
Law is public. Some want it to be private.
up.codes/pro-codes-act
Pro Codes Act
Explanation of the deceptively-named Pro Codes Act
up.codes
February 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Copyright must not be used as a tool to control public access to the law. Stop the Pro Codes Act! act.eff.org/action/tell-...
Tell Congress: Don't Let Anyone Own The Law
Court after court has recognized that no one can own the text of the law. But the Pro Codes Act is a deceptive power grab that will help giant industry associations ration access to huge swaths of U.S...
act.eff.org
July 19, 2024 at 11:05 PM
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termitesunite.bsky.social
"Guideline"

The NFPA is a nonprofit that publishes "codes and standards" they create themselves.

They pay lobbying $$$ like for Pro Codes Act in 2024 with "copyright protections for privately-developed technical standards that are incorporated into a law"

www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobb...
February 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
upcodes.bsky.social
Warning - someone has made a crypto coin impersonating us. That is not real, please stay away from it.
May 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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This loss follows an October EDPA decision denying a request by the American Society for Testing and Materials @ASTMIntl.org to enjoin a company called @UpCodes.com from posting its building codes online on Fair Use grounds.
www.law360.com/articles/18...
Posting Copyrighted Building Codes Is Fair Use, Pa. Judge Says - Law360
The American Society for Testing and Materials has lost a bid to enjoin a website from posting ASTM's copyrighted technical standards for building projects, after a Pennsylvania federal judge concluded that what the website does is fair use.
www.law360.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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We really need you folks up in Canada to file against "The King's Printer"

They're not only charging, but price gouging for access to things written by public bodies such as the building code.

$130 for that, and that's in a damn 3 ring binder.

www.crownpub.bc.ca
Crown Publications Online Catalogue - Home
The Crown Bookstore is a specialty store focused on British Columbia. The public can view and purchase a wide variety of nautical charts and maps, books specializing in titles about British Columbia, ...
www.crownpub.bc.ca
April 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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eff.org
The time for debate is over: copyright should never block someone’s free access to the law.
EFF Urges Third Circuit to Join the Legal Chorus: No One Owns the Law
Two appeals courts have recently rejected efforts by private parties to use copyright to restrict access to the laws that most directly affect ordinary citizens: regulations that ensure our homes, wor...
www.eff.org
April 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
upcodes.bsky.social
The building code isn't fun and games, but it does regulate them.

The 2024 Mississippi Building Code has specific requirements for escape rooms depending on whether a means of egress is easily accessible.

up.codes/viewer/missi...
April 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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khwilson.bsky.social
This is sufficiently confusing in the US that there's a YC-backed startup from 2016 that is trying to use AI and ML to help smooth this over. (It's first product was literally just a searchable database of building codes, already a huge impediment a decade ago :-/)

up.codes
UpCodes | Searchable Platform for Building Codes, Assemblies, and Building Products
UpCodes is a comprehensive code compliance platform. Research, collaborate, and calculate code requirements efficiently, all in one place.
up.codes
March 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
upcodes.bsky.social
From the @eff.org's transition memo:

"But court after court has said that you can’t use copyright in this way—no one “owns” the law. The Pro Codes Act undermines that rule and the public interest"

www.eff.org/wp/eff-trans...
EFF Transition Memo to Trump Administration 2025
Contents 1. Introduction2. SurveillanceForeign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702Facial Recognition TechnologyBorder Search and Immigration SurveillanceSurveillance Tech at the Border and the V...
www.eff.org
January 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
upcodes.bsky.social
UpCodes CEO and Co-founder Scott Reynolds has two tech lessons AEC leaders should carry with them in 2025:

1: Document projects and processes digitally
2: Accelerate compliance research with AI

Read the full article in Intelligent Buildtech:
What key AEC tech lessons from 2024 should leaders carry into 2025 for innovation and resilience?  – Intelligent Build.techInnovation and technology news in health
www.intelligentbuild.tech
January 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
upcodes.bsky.social
Check out this "Free Access to the Law Is Under Threat" op-ed on @lawdotcom ⚖️

www.law.com/2024/12/16/f...
December 17, 2024 at 12:59 AM
upcodes.bsky.social
Don't be fooled by the publishers' lie that they need a monopoly over public laws in order to make money.

Here's "non-profit" ICC's revenues since UpCodes incorporated and began giving free, unfettered access to the law. 💰

#NonProfitGreed #LawIsFree #ShameOnICC
December 13, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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suzyqz215.bsky.social
What The Absolute Fu*k‼️ So the law will not belong to all of us⁉️
December 8, 2024 at 12:35 AM
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Courts Agree That No One Should Have a Monopoly Over the Law. Congress Shouldn’t Change That

#SDO #copyright #law #LawSky #Courts #LegalResearch #Publishing #UpCodes #ASTM #FairUse #standards #accessibility
Courts Agree That No One Should Have a Monopoly Over the Law. Congress Shouldn’t Change That
Some people just don’t know how to take a hint. For more than a decade, giant standards-development organizations (SDOs) have been fighting in courts around the country, trying use copyright law to co...
www.eff.org
October 22, 2024 at 12:41 PM
upcodes.bsky.social
Check out new blogpost from R Street: "The Pro Codes Act attempts to copyright the law. But is it constitutional?"

bit.ly/3VlKLUy
The Pro Codes Act attempts to copyright the law. But is it constitutional? - R Street Institute
Recently, the U.S. Congress has been debating H.R.1631, also known as the Pro Codes Act. The bill would allow standards development organizations (SDOs)—creators of building codes, fire codes, electri...
bit.ly
December 4, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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eff.org
Thanks to you, the PRO Codes Act—which would let industry giants control access to the law—failed to pass in the House of Representatives. Make sure the Senate gets the same message.
Tell Congress: Don't Let Anyone Own The Law
Court after court has recognized that no one can own the text of the law. But the Pro Codes Act is a deceptive power grab that will help giant industry associations ration access to huge swaths of U.S...
act.eff.org
July 27, 2024 at 7:56 PM
upcodes.bsky.social
Great article about the dangers of Pro Codes Act by the Chairman of the Anson County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina.

www.ncpoliticalnews.com/news/pro-cod...
PRO CODES Act - NC - James Caudle Op-Ed — NC Political News
As Chairman of the Anson County Board of Commissioners, I take seriously my responsibility to protect the individual liberties of our communities here and across North Carolina. This responsibility in...
www.ncpoliticalnews.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:13 PM