Skip to content

menu

Open Legal Blog Archive logo
HomeAboutBlogsFAQsSubmit

One Reason NOT to have court records online

By Tom Mighell on September 6, 2002
This story from the New York Times (free registration required) shows that many people don’t want their dirty laundry aired on the Internet.

Funny, though, that these records are public to begin with, and anyone with the time and energy can go down to the courthouse and read and even copy any document they want. I suppose this is a case of the Internet making information TOO available — it’s a lot easier to sit at my desk and browse through documents than to drive all the way downtown and go through the files one by one.

  • Posted in:
    Technology and IT
  • Blog:
    Tom Mighell
  • Organization:
    Tom Mighell
  • Article: View Original Source

Open Legal Blog Archive, Inc. logo
Seattle, Washington
Copyright © 2026, Open Legal Blog Archive, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Law blog design & platform by LexBlog LexBlog Logo