Court records belong to the public. PACER's paywall puts a price on public access. The Open Courts Act would modernize federal court records and eliminate PACER fees. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/court-records-should-be-free
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Court Records Should Be Free
Court records belong to the public. Yet anyone seeking access to federal court filings through PACER, a government software system that stands for Public Access to Court Electronic Records, is usually required to pay hefty fees to search for and view documents. PACER’s fees have long acted as a...
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@eff American court records aren't free??? Geez, why is that country such a shithole?
@eff I imagine there is some very fierce lobbying going on (maybe the last check didn't clear in time?)
@eff approved