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Re:Why isn't there a Google for the law? by TheSageMage on Monday January 02, 2017 @11:02PM (#13306589)
Any idea of what the cost to, say, buy up all the case laws would be? And what is the law on republishing said copies?
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Re:Why isn't there a Google for the law? by kalu on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @08:30AM (#13308940)
Most docs are available through Pacer. Pacer pricing is $0.10 per page capped at $3 per document. Buying everything would cost a lot. In addition, new case law is continuously being created. So you couldn't buy everything and be done with it.

You can republish... court docs are in the public domain. RPXCorp tried doing this with patent law. For a time, they made everything free. That practice didn't last and they now pass on their costs to customers.

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