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Public Access Restrictions from Westlaw and Lexis Nexis
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posted by scubacuda
on Thursday February 13, @01:21AM
from the Democracy-in-the-Dark dept.
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Melissa Bar has written an insightful article on how Westlaw and Lexis Nexus restrict public access to case law databases. She writes, "[T]he courts and the court's words belong to us. In more ways than one, the American people have already paid for the case law produced by our courts. Commercial vendors must not be allowed to highjack our law or dictate who may have access to it. By refusing to allow public libraries to purchase electronic subscriptions that can serve their patrons, Westlaw and LexisNexis are closing the door on information. Individually purchasing the documents over credit card is incredibly expensive, making it virtually inaccessible to most library patrons. (/. thread here)
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