settled before returning to the First Circuit for its final say.
The issue was considered as well by the Fifth Circuit in Veeck v. SBCCI, 293 F.3d 791 (5th Cir. 2002). Veeck ran a noncommercial website on which he wished to post the building codes of Anna, Texas and Savoy, Texas. He could not easily locate the codes, but he knew both towns had adopted SBCCI’s Standard Building Code 1994 in full; he thus bought a copy of the model code and posted it on his website, identifying it as the building code for Anna and Savoy rather than as SBCCI’s copyrighted work. See id. at 793–94. Veeck also posted SBCCI’s Standard Plumbing Code, Standard Gas Code, Standard Fire Prevention Code, and Standard Mechanical Code in the same fashion, identifying them as the laws of Anna and Savoy.[1] See id. As was the case here, SBCCI and Veeck filed cross motions for summary judgment, the SDO alleging copyright infringement and the defendant seeking a declaratory judgment stating that what he had posted embodied only laws. See id. at 794. The
- ↑ Mindful that many of ICC’s codes derive in part from SBCCI’s, the Court notes an apparent parallel with the IBC, IFC, IMC, IPC, and IFGC. While the Court remains cognizant that the I-Codes are not identical to the SBCCI codes, the Veeck court’s treatment of the SBCCI codes may nevertheless provide guidance on how the Court should view the potentially analogous I-Codes at issue here.
28
