Oregon holds that illicit replication would impact its own sales of laws. In other words, Oregon wants a monopoly, and it is apparently already providing the good quality that comes with it.
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Laws are copyrighted?
From Boing Boing: Oregon considers that its laws are copyrighted, thus you cannot reproduce them. The problem stems here from websites that reproduce Oregon laws in full. It may make some sense to make sure that there is only one version of laws out, so as to avoid confusion. The Oregon State Government website, however, has apparently half a million HTML errors and does not satisfy criteria for accessibility. Thus, non-profit, independent operators jumped in.
[Posted at 05/07/2008 03:04 PM by Christian Zimmermann on IP Law 
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Oregon is selling its laws? I don't get it.
I've never known state (or other) governments to sell the laws they
make. Have I been living on Mars?
[Comment at 05/08/2008 04:07 AM by Bill Stepp]
Hang on, does that mean lawyers and judges are licensed performers in Oregon?
[Comment at 05/08/2008 09:41 AM by Mario]
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