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EFF explanation on why this is a huge victory for EU citizens:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/making-law-accessible-...

The important bits:

> Earlier this month, the European Union Court of Justice ruled that harmonized standards are a part of EU law, and thus must be accessible to EU citizens and residents free of charge.

> In 2018, two nonprofits, Public.Resource.Org and Right to Know, made a request to the European Commission for access to four harmonized standards—that is, standards that apply across the European Union—pertaining to the safety of toys. The Commission refused to grant them access on the grounds that the standards were copyrighted.

> Last week, the EU Court of Justice overturned the General Court decision, holding that EU citizens and residents have an overriding interest in free access to the laws that govern them.

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Also Morrison & Foerster (aka Mofo) were involved in representing the nonprofits Public.Resource.Org and Right to Know to the ECJ. Not exactly cheap and not exactly small fries....

https://www.mofo.com/resources/news/240305-morrison-foerster...