Re: Fellow Pacer Downloader

[Aaron Swartz <xx@aaronsw.com>]

Hi, Adria. Let me introduce you to Carl Malamud, who runs resource.org

Carl, Adria has 7000 PACER documents she'd like to contribute.

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Adria H <xxxxxxx@ymail.com> wrote:
> FTP, since it's more than 5GB.
>
> I just went to resource.org - under the pacer folder, there isn't a folder
> created for bankruptcy court. These are all bankruptcy court docs. Would you
> create a new folder for bankruptcy courts?
>
> Not wanting to sound too cautious, but are there still investigations of
> resource.org ongoing?
>
> Do you have plans to improve the search capabilities for resource.org? Seems
> like one can use Goog site search or write a script, but for true "public
> access" to legal docs, a user-friendly search platform is key (I'll like
> normal people besides Stanford geeks like me to use resource.org). Thoughts?
>
> Adria
>
> ________________________________
> From: Aaron Swartz <me@aaronsw.com>
> To: Adria H <xxxxxxx@ymail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:29:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Fellow Pacer Downloader
>
>> I read the NY Times article about your efforts regarding Pacer downloads.
>> I
>> have downloaded more than 7,000 documents from Pacer using the designated
>> libraries (until they were suspended). It's nothing compared to your feat.
>> Anyway, do you have a website or platform for putting these documents
>> (which
>> is now cleared by Legal)?
>
> That's great. Yes, the documents are being published on resource.org.
> What's a convenient mechanism for you to send them?
>
>