The CP makes the status quo way worse.
Rosen 16 – former Professor of Law at Georgetown University, Director of the Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section at the American Bar Association, J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Jeffrey A. Rosen, “Report to the House of Delegates,” American Bar Association, https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/house_of_delegates/ebook-of-resolutions-with-reports/2016_hod_annual_meeting_electronic_report_book1.pdf#page=403
On the other hand, many SDOs reportedly rely heavily upon the revenue derived from the sale of their copyrighted standards in order to conduct their operations. They maintain that unconstrained public access to such material would leave them unable to continue to develop and produce the standards themselves unless an alternative revenue stream were made available. At the same time, many agencies would be unable, unwilling, or without sufficient resources to replicate what the SDOs currently do. Indeed, as discussed above, agencies often find that they greatly benefit from their ability to make use of these standards. Consequently, any legislation in this area should avoid creating a situation in which access to IBR material in regulations would be provided without charge, but the standards themselves would cease to be developed by the SDOs due to inadequate funding.