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Proposed Search Fee Threatens Access to Public Court Records | 179 comments | Create New Account
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My suggestion for how that should function
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, March 15 2013 @ 03:32 PM EDT

Caveat: There's always pros and cons with every solution!

It's a public infrastructure paid via public funds.

A "division"/"unit"/"whatever" of public employees is created. They consist primarily of software developers and are tasked with ensuring public access to such Court documents.

They opt for free software - obviously so they can modify/secure/etc without heavy additional costs.

Any infrastructure required to serve up the papers to the public, the salaries, etc. is paid via taxpayer dollars.

RAS

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Proposed Search Fee Threatens Access to Public Court Records
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, March 15 2013 @ 06:03 PM EDT
At least here they are trying to justify it on the grounds that a
real person at the courthouse will have to spend time searching
real papers and making copies. A real journalist should be able
to use PACER, so maybe this Bill should be amended to include
a provision that PACER access is free.

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