2012-04-23, 10:51 AM
Chew Wrote:May I ask, why do they sell these?
Aren't they public domain?
They're public domain, but the court charges a filing fee to access them even if you do a FOI request on them.
Accessing them via the electronically PACER system directly is 10 cents a page with search results counting as a page even if they're blank.
Sites like the above charge a fee for having to pay for their own access and make a profit by reselling the same reports multiple times even though they only had to pay once. in return you don't have to pay just to search and read a synopsis.
It's not having what you want - It's wanting what you've got.