As someone pointed out to me on Twitter if the action is criminal then pressing charges via the victim doesn't matter.
And as I also posted, it feels like the Skylarov where Adobe alerted the government, then backed down due to bad press, but the FBI pressed on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Sklyarov#Arrest ~ ~ ~ thoughts / http://fredbenenson.com/blog work / http://kickstarter.com sights / http://flickr.com/fcb sounds / http://www.last.fm/user/mecredis status / http://twitter.com/mecredis On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone know if MIT is pressing charges? > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Alex Leavitt <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The worst part is that JSTOR settled with Aaron and isn't pressing >> charges, but the DOJ is still pressing them due to a violation against >> JSTOR's and MIT's ToS's. #WTF >> >> Alex >> >> --- >> >> Alexander Leavitt >> PhD Student >> USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism >> http://alexleavitt.com >> Twitter: @alexleavitt >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> The link to the indictment wasn't working. I think it is also posted >>> here: >>> http://cbsboston.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/swartz-aaron-indictment.pdf >>> >>> -Wilhelmina Randtke >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Parker Phinney < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Here's the actual indictment: >>>> http://web.mit.edu/bitbucket/Swartz,%20Aaron%20Indictment.pdf >>>> >>>> And a bit more about Aaron: >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz >>>> >>>> The finer deets are still up in the air as far as I can tell (Aaron >>>> doesn't seem to have written his side), but I can say that Aaron's a cool >>>> dude that does some really awesome, socially responsible stuff around >>>> sharing and access to knowledge on the web. Sounds like he went a bit too >>>> Robin Hood on this one, but again we've only got one side so far. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Thomas Levine < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ooh >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: David Segal, DemandProgress.org <[email protected]> >>>>> Date: Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 2:49 PM >>>>> Subject: Urgent -- Aaron was just arrested >>>>> To: Thomas Levine <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thomas, >>>>> >>>>> Shocking news: *Moments ago former Demand Progress Executive Director >>>>> Aaron Swartz was indicted by the US government.* As best as we can >>>>> tell, he is being charged with allegedly downloading too many journal >>>>> articles from the Web. The government contends that downloading so many >>>>> journal articles constitutes felony computer hacking and should be >>>>> punished >>>>> with time in prison. 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