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On PACER fees, IMO a good compromise is to only charge for the actual court documents retrieved. No charging for search results, docket listings etc, and there is already a $3 cap on documents.



There should be no charge at all for access and retrieval. These court documents affect our lives; they are the law of the land.

Some will say: but it costs money to provide this access!!1!!

To them: it costs money for police & fire too. Where does that come from? That's right: taxes. So taxes should pay for the upkeep of PACER too.


Frankly there are plenty of private organizations desperate to take over Internet distribution of these documents, at no charge to anyone. If PACER can't match or compete with this, then they should step aside as far as distribution goes.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.




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