Is caselaw data an artifact originating from the public dollars which funded the whole show to begin with?
Why isn't this data available for free to any American Citizen who pays taxes? In the form of a torrent, the distribution cost is negligible. A reasonable duplication fee seemed reasonable back when replicating vast amounts of information involved massive amounts of paper and toner. But today.. I don't understand.
I'm curious enough to have asked this same question on Quora [0].
Why isn't this data available for free to any American Citizen who pays taxes? In the form of a torrent, the distribution cost is negligible. A reasonable duplication fee seemed reasonable back when replicating vast amounts of information involved massive amounts of paper and toner. But today.. I don't understand.
I'm curious enough to have asked this same question on Quora [0].
YMMV.
[0] https://www.quora.com/unanswered/How-can-LexisNexis-own-the-...