Much ado by tech guys who are complaining about a law they apparently have not bothered to read. The courts are not required to provide <i>free</i> public access to court documents, they are simply cannot charge more than is necessary to maintain the e-filing/docket system. See sec. 205 in the pdf linked by their post.
Access is free if viewed from a federal courthouse terminal. While it's not necessarily convenient it is worth mentioning that a free option exists.<p><a href="http://www.pacer.gov/documents/epa_feesched.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.pacer.gov/documents/epa_feesched.pdf</a>