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Does this mean that I could download each document out of PACER once, and publish it to a world-readable Amazon S3 bucket? (The type where each user pays their
by jcrites 15y ago
Does this mean that I could download each document out of PACER once, and publish it to a world-readable Amazon S3 bucket? (The type where each user pays their own S3 costs to download from it)
- r00fus 15y agoThere is a firefox extension that does something similar: https://www.recapthelaw.org/ https://www.recapthelaw.org/ However, the gov is not amused: http://www.pacer.gov/announcements/general/exemptnotice.html http://www.pacer.gov/announcements/general/exemptnotice.html
- sp332 15y agoSo, as long as you pay the fee once, they don't mind. But the ToS of the fee exemption says you lose your exemption when you use RECAP. That's not great, but it doesn't mean that they object to normal use of RECAP.
- sp332 15y agoYup! There is no limitation on the redistribution of the documents. In fact, there is no copyright claim at all, so you can make derivative works and then claim copyright on those yourself!