Sites ready to sue Oregon for right to publish laws online

Sites ready to sue Oregon for right to publish laws online

Both Justia and Public.Resource.Org have been at loggerheads with the State of Oregon over their desire to publish the state’s complete body of law online, for free. While that sounds noncontroversial—state law even requires the laws to be offered as widely as possible—the state’s Legislative Counsel Committee claims copyright over portions of its Revised Statutes.