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   Guest_ | Oct 08, 2000 12:59am | #1

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   Ken,

   My guess is that ICBO would consider that a copyright infringement ... they go to great pains to SELL the book (S).

   You can buy the 1997 UBC, Volume I, for under $60.00.

   Vol. I is all you'd probably need if you are doing mainly type V (stick-framed) buildings.

   There are also other books published for contractor's which are commentary on the code, and which you might find infinitely more readable.

   Geo.

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   Guest_ | Oct 08, 2000 02:24am | #2

   *Guess what, he's right, try the the ICBO site. $62 on CD-ROM. They have the '98 CABO on paper for half as much. Free? well, you used to be able to get a lot of copyrighted music free over Napster. :) (Hey, maybe they'll win their appeal.)FYI, copyright is also explicit on the NFPA site; they publish the fire protection standards and National Electrical Code (NEC). See http://www.nfpa.org/Codes/index.html

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   Guest_ | Oct 08, 2000 02:54am | #3

   *Hey Ken,I checked their own website a few months ago, and it was not available then. I'll check again, let you know if I come up with anything. If anyone else finds this, please let us know.MD

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   Guest_ | Oct 08, 2000 03:03am | #4

   *I recall seeing a legal brief about someone in Texas publishing the Southern building codes on the internet and being sued by the organization. If I remember correctly the arguement was these were rules that applied to the public so the public should be allowed access to them for free. Look for Peter Veeck vs SBCCI if interested

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   Guest_ | Oct 08, 2000 04:29am | #5

   *Yeah, I was wondering about this -- requiring everyone to buy the stuff at whatever price they pick.

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   Guest_ | Oct 08, 2000 05:39am | #6

   *Yo, Guys -I can't imagine Veeck could possibly prevail against SBCCI - he's barkin' up the wrong tree.None of the model codes are REQUIRED until they are adopted by the local jurisdiction having authority. But it would be an interesting argument to take to your local Building and Planning Dept. I've always been able to get hand-outs from them on specific issues and/or requirements which were unclear to me, which is actually very useful, because I can't read pure Bldg. Code for longer than 20 minutes w/out my eyes rolling back in my head, if you know what I mean.As for the price they set ... They're in the business of publishing and selling books, so it makes sense they'd sell them at a profit.George

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   Guest_ | Oct 08, 2000 03:54pm | #7

   *I have the UBC on cd rom. Comes in handy during arguments with local inspectors...hehehe. Can't for the life of me remember where I got it though....seems like a engineer buddy of mine made me a copy. Samwww.baldmountaindevelopment.com

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   Guest_ | Oct 08, 2000 04:31pm | #8

   *Sam, do I send my check for $20 to Bald Mountain Development or do you prefer cash? I'll take two. Joe H

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   Guest_ | Oct 08, 2000 06:19pm | #9

   *Joe...You blew it...We all were getting copies for the price of blanks!....My offer stands now at $5.oo hard earned bucks...near the stream,aj

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   Guest_ | Oct 08, 2000 08:30pm | #10

   *Here in NC, you can access the North Carolina State Building Code through the NC Dept of Insurance. Here is the url for the NC code, as for other states I guess look into the DOI website for your particular state..Here is NC's ( i dont know how to give the link but this is the address in my browser window) http://btsweb01.its.state.nc.us/ncdoi/Ncfr/ This may not link directly to it but if you click on Engineering and Code, it will give you a list to select from, one is Residential building code online--complete with a code interpretation section

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   Guest_ | Oct 09, 2000 06:05pm | #11

   *All of the code books that apply in Indiana are available at the Indiana Department of Fire and Building Services Code Bookstore. The letter from my local Building Inspector notes that "if you do purchase them there, you can obtain the Indiana Amendments", whatever that means (at additional cost? at no additional cost?)Rich Beckman