Also, if MIT receives any Federal Funds at all, it is a "The People Vs." case.
Kind Regards, *Shannon * On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Fred Benenson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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