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Isn't RECAP piracy in some way? Granted, I don't know if these documents are protected by any copyright law, or if they're provided to users under some limited
by bozzcl 6y ago
Isn't RECAP piracy in some way? Granted, I don't know if these documents are protected by any copyright law, or if they're provided to users under some limited license, that would let the government sue.
- akvadrako 6y agoNo, the documents are explicitly not copyrightable. Anyone else could setup a pacer alternative and just pay for the docs once. I think some legal services even do that.
- zerocrates 6y agoDocuments created by judges and other federal court employees are automatically in the public domain as works of the federal government. PACER also includes documents filed by the parties to cases, which don't have the same cut-and-dried nature. A fair use argument probably goes a long way here but that's always more uncertain.