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LII and Justia give “Oyez Project” a new home. Supreme Court audio to remain free!

May 25, 2016 / Leave a comment

This is great news. A few months ago, the news broke that Jerry Goldman, who ran the Oyez Project, was looking to retire and cash in his site for upwards of $1 million. I was afraid that some for-profit publisher like WestLaw of LexisNexis was going to scoop it up. But now it seems that […]

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Oyez Supreme Court Archive up for sale

February 4, 2016 / Leave a comment

This is a sad state of affairs IMHO. The gentleman who runs Oyez, the privately-run US Supreme Court audio archive, is set to retire. But it seems that he wants to sell the database for $1million dollars! He unironically doesn’t want to sell it to a private company because “They’ll put it behind a paywall […]

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