The Pro Codes Act hurts transparency.
Chipman 22 – Researcher at Authors Alliance, J.D. from the University of California Berkeley School of Law.
Derek Chipman, “Authors Alliance Signs Onto Letter Opposing the Pro Codes Act,” Authors Alliance, 05-11-2022, https://www.authorsalliance.org/2022/05/11/authors-alliance-signs-onto-letter-opposing-the-pro-codes-act/
Laws and legislation belong in the public domain, and strong access allows codes and standards that affect everyday life to be dispersed more rapidly and widely. By removing barriers to access, these standards could be more easily understood and studied by the public and even improved upon through the free exchange of knowledge. Requiring only that the text of codes incorporated by reference into public are made available on a website does not promote transparency if what is given in exchange is a monopoly power that curtails the copying and dissemination of that information.