Comments on: Fastcase opens up legal research

Open source isn't just about software. Legal research is getting a little open-source competition, too.

[michael_o]

This is an interesting company. I don't know why Google doesn't just index the law though. They've done much bigger scan and index jobs and the part that matters -- the opinions and statutes -- are all non-copyrighted. FastCase charges less, but it seems like access to this information should be free: we already paid for it when we paid taxes to fund the court system.

[richhag]

Thanks for sharing, Matt. Their rate is half the rate the state has negotiated with Westlaw for all state employees. I'm going to check it out and see if we can switch.

[shmooth2]

who are their competitors? there are other folks doing this?

[a403n]

Nice article..