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Oyez.Org Releases Supreme Court MP3 Archives

Posted by timothy on from the your-rights-online-the-real-thing dept.

jeblucas writes "The US Supreme Court's multimedia site, Oyez.org, has released numerous archives from seminal cases from the 50's, 60's and 70's. They are available in MP3 format for the first time. Previously you could order cassettes and listen to .smil RealAudio, but who wants to do that? Want to learn more about: The Right to Remain Silent? Roe v Wade? Affirmative Action?"

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  1. I recommend you listen to.... by saden1 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    One of the lease publicized cases in the history of the Supreme Court cases is Loving v. Virginia.

    If you are truly interested in history and how far we have come I recommend that you listen to: Loving v. Virginia

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  2. Open Government, Please by DustMagnet · · Score: 3, Insightful
    It drives me crazy that the highest court in the land is afraid to let the American public see what's really happening. I can't fly out to Washington every time there's a court case, yet they think allowing the public in the room is good enough. Reporters taking notes on paper and people drawing pictures in 2003 is silly. They even admit they don't trust the public to understand what's really happening. Too bad TV/radio didn't exist when the constitution was written.

    I'm very glad to see that some kind of recording is made and may be released someday.

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  3. The server doesn't resume. by merriam · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This means many dial-up users can't get a complete file. It would be a very useful feature to add.

    I agree with motown that Ogg Vorbis and Speex are worth a look. Ogg Vorbis is good at 48k mono, but is surprisingly bad at 32k.