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Oh, that's a very cool project! How successful has it been? If it wasn't for Sci-hub that would be a great idea for the scientific publishing world as well.
by pogue 3y ago
Oh, that's a very cool project! How successful has it been? If it wasn't for Sci-hub that would be a great idea for the scientific publishing world as well.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoVery successful. Millions of court filings extracted and indexed, and a crucial component in driving down PACER costs. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24086570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24086570 > I'm the director of Free Law Project. For the case mentioned in the article we actually did a full expert testimony figuring out roughly how much per page it'd cost to run PACER using AWS GovCloud and a handful of other assumptions. It was...half a ten thousandth of a penny per page https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4214664/52/15/national-veterans-legal-services-program-v-united-states/ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4214664/52/15/national-... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24085158 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24085158 > Government’s PACER Fees Are Too High, Federal Circuit Says https://news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar-and-criminal-law/federal-circuit-affirms-limits-on-how-government-uses-pacer-fees https://news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar-and-criminal-law/...