Public.resource.org wins appeal on right to publish the law [pdf]
This is a great outcome, but it is amazing that the appeal opinion requires 40 pages when, in essence, the question is only whether people subject to US laws must pay to know what the law is.What's interesting about the case and the legal opinion is that public.resource.org's use is considered fair use, but it's still the case that public.resource.org must pay to get an initial copy of each standard, before it can be published on that site.So access to the law is still not free of charge.