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> Which brings us back to square one, you can't meaningfully discuss the content in public.

Fair Use exception in the US, and I think that would be covered by Fair Dealing in the UK and similar countries.

That's an affirmative defense in the US though. That means you can still be sued and have to defend yourself in court.

I guess the trick is to pirate a specific localized version of the standard from an ISO member country that doesn't care about IP rights enough to sue you... say... PRC?

Most jurisdictions' copyright law covers translations as derivative work which is still protected.

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