That undermines all aspects of standards creation.
Hickey 23 – Legislative Attorney at the Congressional Research Service, former Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, J.D. from New York University School of Law.
Kevin J. Hickey, “Copyright in Standards Incorporated by Reference into Law and the Pro Codes Act,” Congressional Research Service, 09-26-2023, https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R47656.pdf
Supporters of the Pro Codes Act, including SDOs such as the National Fire Protection Association, argue that their work creating standards provides “critical public benefits.”135 If incorporation by reference destroys copyright protection, SDOs maintain that they will no longer be able to fund their activities by publishing, selling, and licensing their standards to professionals who use them.136 SDOs also note that they already permit free viewing of their standards by the public online.137