Can the Law Be Copyrighted?

Brothers Scott and Garrett Reynolds, who founded UpCodes to streamline building code compliance

UpCodes’ first product, an online database, gives free access to codes, code updates and local amendments from 32 states, as well as New York City. Making building codes more accessible

Served on UpCodes in September 2017 by the ICC and the American Society of Construction Engineers (ASCE), the lawsuit also names each of the brothers as a defendant. In one of the circuit court cases that involved building code, Veeck v Southern Building Code Congress International (2002), the judges ruled that when model codes are enacted into law, they enter the public domain.

Source: techcrunch.com