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Re:How to deal with receiving a cease-and-desist letter from... by feoren on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @05:22PM (#39196731)
> read historical case law on the topic in question

Is this even at all accessible to anyone who isn't already in a major law firm? I'm assuming it requires some sort of thousand-dollar subscription to an exploitative publishing house?

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Re:How to deal with receiving a cease-and-desist letter from... by bombcar on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @08:17PM (#39198467)
You just need a law library nearby. Most moderate-sized cities have them.

If not, call the city or county clerk and ask, they often have access at the courthouse to PACER and friends.

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Re:How to deal with receiving a cease-and-desist letter from... by Scoundreller on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @11:59PM (#39200134)
Any big case you want to read about, and many more, will be on RECAP (pacer backwards).

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/

Put it in your deepweb toolbox.

You can also get some free credit every quarter on PACER. With the recap extension, you can contribute that to RECAP automagically.

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Re:How to deal with receiving a cease-and-desist letter from... by nl on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @06:42PM (#39197623)
> I'm assuming it requires some sort of thousand-dollar subscription to an exploitative publishing house?

Assuming you are in the US, all case law is public domain (although documents used in cases aren't)

https://guides.loc.gov/case-law/databases-online-resources

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