> I'm not sure why you have such hope. Hey, I work at the Library Innovation Lab -- being hopeful about open access scenarios is just one of the services I pro

> I'm not sure why you have such hope. Hey, I work at the Library Innovation Lab -- being hopeful about open access scenarios is just one of the services I provide. :) But basically I'm hopeful in this instance because (a) there's less and less incentive for commercial publishers to try to control this particular low-bandwidth stream of public domain text; (b) there's more and more platforms that would benefit from a standard open feed; and (c) the courts have had a lot more time to think about it (in the grand scheme of how old courts are vs. how old the internet is) and see other courts try it first. On that last point, we have a dozen or so state supreme courts already using another service of ours, Perma.cc, so we do have some idea how they think about adopting new technology. Would love to chat more with you or anyone else who's been thinking about how to crack this -- your experience sounds really interesting, and "hopeful" doesn't mean I think it'll be easy. Contact info is in my profile.