Certain businesses profit by reselling records obtained through FOIA requests.

Evidence

These are businesses whose very business model is to request records under FOIA and to resell those records at a profit. … At five of the six agencies at which I studied the commercial use of FOIA, information resellers were among the most frequent requesters. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 359

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 359
• XREF: connects to: Opposition to FOIA did not solely stem from self-interest. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 71; Commercial requests diminish the original democratic intent of FOIA. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 353; Commercial requester prevalence limits FOIA’s intended use for democratic oversight. (+2 more)

Related

• Commercial requester prevalence limits FOIA’s intended use for democratic oversight. (similarity 0.91)
• Heavier users of FOIA requests include businesses, law firms, and individuals. (similarity 0.90)
• Opposition to FOIA did not solely stem from self-interest. (similarity 0.83)
• Secret-discount auctions create a marketable information commodity for corrupt officials (similarity 0.78)

Library Connections

• Commercial requests diminish the original democratic intent of FOIA. #expands (0.85) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 353