Aaron Swartz Case
The cluster centers on discussions of Aaron Swartz's prosecution for downloading JSTOR articles, his suicide, and criticisms of the US justice system, MIT, and overzealous enforcement.
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Wasn't killing Aaron Swartz enough?
You mean like what they did to Aaron Swartz?
Kindly recall the predicament of Aaron Schwartz that led us to this point.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz
This is a fantasy, both in the likelihood of occuring http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-aaron-... Hacktivist's suicide intensifies criticism of U.S. attorney, MIT But his suicide by hanging Friday has also stoked a politically malignant aftermath for the prosecutors pursuing 13 felony c
Case in point - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
It's ironic when you remember Aaron Swartz case
What really happened with Aaron Swartz?
Early on, and to its great credit, JSTOR figured "appropriate" out: They declined to pursue their own action against Aaron, and they asked the government to drop its. MIT, to its great shame, was not as clear, and so the prosecutor had the excuse he needed to continue his war against the "criminal" who we who loved him knew as Aaron.-- Lawrence Lessig, "Prosecutor as Bully"<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aaron-swartz-suicide_
MIT failed Aaron Swartz. We'll see what they do this time.
Related: "Aaron Swartz, Vindicated" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27394974