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1. I mean, yes. This was a big part of Aaron Swartz’s activism back in, like, 2008 (e.g. see The Internet’s Own Boy on Netflix)
Easy access to federal court records is a crucial reporting tool, but it really shouldn’t cost the way it does now, period. politico.com/magazine/story…
Easy access to federal court records is a crucial reporting tool, but it really shouldn’t cost the way it does now, period. politico.com/magazine/story…
2. For any reporter who has used PACER (including me), it’s a nightmare.
There’s like a whole plugin you can use for your browser (RECAP) that activists created to let you save PACER files into a freely accessible space because folks have been that miffed about it.
There’s like a whole plugin you can use for your browser (RECAP) that activists created to let you save PACER files into a freely accessible space because folks have been that miffed about it.
3. I’ve always been surprised that some company hasn’t swooped in and undercut PACER with a cheaper option.
But that kind of defeats the purpose of public records.
But that kind of defeats the purpose of public records.
4. Anyway, let me just add my voice to the chorus here: someone, please, fix PACER, and don’t make it cost like it does.
Or better yet, just make something entirely new.
Or better yet, just make something entirely new.
