On 19 July 2011 20:18, Pranesh Prakash <[email protected]> wrote: > http://goo.gl/SiGGj (PDF)
Unfortunately this is already offline. > "In all, [Aaron] Swartz stole approximately 4.8 million articles, a > major portion of the total archive in which JSTOR had invested... > Swartz intended to distribute a significant portion of JSTOR's archive > of digitized journal articles through one or more file-sharing sites" He faces serious prison time and a hefty fine, which given his actions and the seems rather draconian. Demand Progress has a website in support of Aaron, outlining the situation: >> The government contends that downloading so many journal articles >> constitutes felony computer hacking and should be punished with >> time in prison. We disagree. >> >> The charges are made all the more senseless by the fact that the >> alleged victim has settled any claims against Aaron, explained >> they've suffered no loss or damage, and asked the government not >> to prosecute. You can sign their petition here: http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/support_aaron/ Best, Michael -- http://niij.org/ # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]
