The prosecution of Aaron Swartz was about more than “hacking,” and we need to remember that.

A collection of writings by the young Internet activist, who died last week.

The US District Court in Massachusetts has dismissed the case against Aaron Swartz. Swartz committed suicide on January 11 after an investigation into his involvement in the theft of digital documents from JSTOR, a journal archive.

A reluctant witness's account of a Federal prosecution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgh2dFngFsg Click for ongoing posts about Aaron, his memorial service, his death, and the malicious prosecution brought by the DoJ against him To the extent possible under law, Cory Doctorow…

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The [Too] Brief History of Aaron Swartz, Robin Hood of Data - SiliconANGLE

La disparition d'Aaron Swartz en janvier 2013 a laissé orpheline la communauté numérique. De Boston à New York, retour sur le parcours d'un homme qui voulait propager le savoir. Cet article est la version longue de l'article paru dans “Télérama” le 3 avril 2013.

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Swartz committed suicide exactly two years after his arrest for downloading 4.8 million academic articles via MIT.

Don't tell me you don't remember Aaron Swartz?! Read the book came out after his Death . http://t.co/u6vn8Pfnho

To understand his contributions, we have to look beyond the headlines

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Last Friday Aaron Swartz committed suicide, shortly before his Federal trial was due to begin. According to the US Attorney’s press release, “if convicted on these charges, SWARTZ faces up to 35 years in […]

26-year-old Internet activist's tragic suicide raises questions about prosecutorial overreach

In its zeal to proactively prosecute potential terrorists, the FBI actually created them, then had them jailed for crimes they were led into by informants.

Dr Martin Luther King Jr was born on the 15th of January 1929. Our American colleagues and others might know that King had a degree in sociology and theology (of course!). As the Blackwell Encyclop…

The man who helped crack the Enigma code during World War II has been given a posthumous pardon.