PACER has been criticized for being technically out of date and hard to use, and for demanding fees for records that are in the public domain. , legal challenges are being made regarding the fees. Legislative action to eliminate them are in progress. In reaction, nonprofit projects have begun to make such documents available online for free. One such project, RECAP, was contributed to by activist Aaron Swartz; his downloading activities were investigated by the federal government. Although no crime was committed and no charges filed, the government closed its program of providing free public access to PACER.