I'm extending this conversation to discuss as well... Although we may not know all of the circumstances surrounding his passing, it is symbolic of the increasingly stressed and divided climate that exists between the law and information culture. This NYT article is an chance for us to make a statement in honor of Aaron and his work. One person alone may not be the best person to say something, but we can collectively try and put something together--begin to brainstorm things we might say, and then prepare a statement for this Noam fellow by tomorrow morning... thoughts?
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Kevin Driscoll <[email protected]>wrote: > I feel like shit and have nothing to say to anyone about this and I'm > not the right person to talk to this guy anyway but it seems like > someone should write him back. Even if the statement is something as > simple as, "Out of grief, Students for Free Culture politely declines > to talk to the press about Aaron Swartz's death right now." > > Kevin > > > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Noam Cohen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi there -- I sent a version of this e-mail to Adi Kamdar -- my contact > more > > than a year ago for an article about Aaron Swartz. I haven't gotten a > > response, and I am hoping someone from this movement can get back to me > by > > tomorrow morning for a piece I am writing. > > > > You can imagine the sad circumstances I am writing about now. > > Because of the last article I wrote about Aaron Swartz, I was asked to > take > > a day and look at what these meant (if anything) for the free culture > > movement. > > I won't write a long note now -- are you the right person to be speaking > > with? > > Also, I'd love the opportunity to chat with you (or the right person) to > > sound out ideas -- it is easy to overreact to such sad news; I want to be > > accurate with our readers about what Aaron meant in life and death. > > I can be reached at 347-525-5655; or I can call you. > > Looking forward to speaking with you again, > > Noam > > _______________________________________________ > > Core mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/core > > > _______________________________________________ > Core mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/core >
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