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Aerroon on March 9, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: “ISO obstructs adoption of standards by paywalling...

That's an affirmative defense in the US though. That means you can still be sued and have to defend yourself in court.

DaiPlusPlus on March 9, 2021 [–]

I guess the trick is to pirate a specific localized version of the standard from an ISO member country that doesn't care about IP rights enough to sue you... say... PRC?

Natanael_L on March 9, 2021 | [–]

Most jurisdictions' copyright law covers translations as derivative work which is still protected.

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