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We couldn't agree more! It's crazy that we're still debating whether the law should remain free in 2025.
You can make your voice heard by emailing your reps. It takes less than a minute with this tool we built: up.codes/pro-codes-act
Keep fighting the good fight!
You can make your voice heard by emailing your reps. It takes less than a minute with this tool we built: up.codes/pro-codes-act
Keep fighting the good fight!
July 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We couldn't agree more! It's crazy that we're still debating whether the law should remain free in 2025.
You can make your voice heard by emailing your reps. It takes less than a minute with this tool we built: up.codes/pro-codes-act
Keep fighting the good fight!
You can make your voice heard by emailing your reps. It takes less than a minute with this tool we built: up.codes/pro-codes-act
Keep fighting the good fight!
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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...
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
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...
www.law360.com/articles/18...
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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
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
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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
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
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
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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
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
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
up.codes