principle reflected in Veeck merely affects the terms on which an SDO can enforce its copyright when free access to the copyrighted work is needed to have knowledge of the law adopting it. The 2014 OFR Guidance does not contradict this proposition; in fact, it suggests that federal agencies should work with SDOs to ensure public access to the copyrighted works, such that the “text of the legal obligation and not the standard as such” would be available. See id. at 66274. In any event, the 2014 OFR Guidance again expresses views from a federal regulatory context with no direct relevance to this matter or binding effect upon this Court. In this respect, ICC’s broad appeals to copyright policy are better addressed to Congress than the courts. See PRO, 140 S.Ct. at 1511.
- 7. Analysis
The Court has taken pains to address the many cases and statutes cited by the parties with respect to the I-Codes as Adopted. Despite the apparent contradictions discussed at length above, the principles that guide the Court’s analysis seem relatively clear. The law is in the public domain, and the public must be afforded free access to it. See PRO, 140 S.Ct. at 1507. That a law references a privately-authored, copyrighted work does not necessarily
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