; or (B) entering into license agreements with standards development organizations to use the standards created by those organizations. (9) Standards development organizations rely on copyright protection to generate the revenues necessary to fund the voluntary consensus process and to continue creating and updating these important standards. (10) The people of the United States have a strong interest in— (A) ensuring that standards development organizations continue to utilize a voluntary consensus process— (i) in which all interested parties can participate; and (ii) that continues to create and update standards in a timely manner to— (I) account for technological advances; (II) address new threats to public health and safety; and (III) improve the usefulness of those standards