Unlocking the PACER Paywall

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Matthew Burnett

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The Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton has just launched a new Firefox extension called RECAP that allows PACER users to help build an open repository of public court records (if you don’t use PACER, there is no reason to install this extension). Extensive coverage of the new add-on is available at ars technica, TechCrunch and cnet. -M

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Claudia - August 16, 2009 11:22 AM

Hi,

Thanks for this post. PACER is the system for the Federal Courts, right?

Matthew Burnett - August 17, 2009 3:03 PM

Yes, PACER is managed by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and provides public access to federal court documents.

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