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24 Feb 2013, 8:08 am
Computer prodigy Aaron Swartz was facing 13 federal felony fraud charges and a 35-year prison term for downloading academic articles when he committed suicide last month. [read post]
22 Feb 2013, 6:29 am
The suicide of young computer genius Aaron Swartz sent shock waves throughout the country, as it was an immense loss of incredible talent. [read post]
18 Feb 2013, 7:37 pm by Kenneth J. Vanko
Our second Fairly Competing podcast, "The Prosecution of Aaron Swartz," is now available for download.In this episode, John Marsh, Russell Beck, and I discuss the prosecution of internet activist Aaron Swartz under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. [read post]
13 Feb 2013, 7:22 am by Ken
Reacting to outrage over Aaron Swartz' prosecution and suicide, a Boston Globe columnist defends the government and tells us that "widespread revulsion directed at the US attorney’s office is overreach by cyber-bullies." [read post]
8 Feb 2013, 7:11 am
The real reason is because I want to save the world," wrote Aaron Swartz, quoted in a long article titled "The Idealist: Aaron Swartz wanted to save the world. [read post]
8 Feb 2013, 6:00 am by Timothy B. Lee
Years before the JSTOR scraping project that led to Aaron Swartz's indictment on federal hacking charges—and perhaps to his suicide—the open-data activist scraped documents from PACER, the federal judiciary's paywalled website for public access to court records. [read post]
8 Feb 2013, 6:00 am by Kenneth J. Vanko
I'll be providing updates on this blog and on Twitter to alert readers when new podcast episodes are available.We have a list of interesting, informative topics on the way, and we'll next be discussing Aaron Swartz and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.Though Episode 1 is around 40 minutes or so, we expect future podcasts to be in the range of 20-25 minutes, covering one topic per episode. [read post]
6 Feb 2013, 7:29 am by Betsy McKenzie
How sad.The image is an often-reproduced photo of Aaron Swartz that appeared in the Globe. [read post]
2 Feb 2013, 9:38 am by Jessica Mendelson
Regardless, Anonymous’ actions are just the latest in a growing push for legal reform in the wake of Aaron Swartz’s death. [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 5:50 pm by Joe Mullin
Shortly after the suicide of Internet entrepreneur and activist Aaron Swartz, Silicon Valley lawmaker Zoe Lofgren proposed "Aaron's Law." [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 8:13 am by Steve Schultze
In 2008, my friend Aaron Swartz helped to legally liberate millions of PACER records. [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 7:15 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
On January 11, 2013, facing decades in prison on trumped up charges, my partner, Aaron Swartz, made the tragic choice to take his own life. [read post]
29 Jan 2013, 4:05 pm by Jennifer Granick
  Because of the tragic and untimely death of Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide while awaiting trial on charges he violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) by mass downloading academic journal articles, we have an opportunity to amend the CFAA, a federal law that interferes with important and socially beneficial computer security research. [read post]
29 Jan 2013, 2:45 pm by Jeralyn
Via Wired, Congressmen Darryl Issa and Elijah Cummings have written this letter to the Department of Justice asking for information on the Aaron Swartz prosecution. [read post]
29 Jan 2013, 10:44 am by Shouvik Kumar Guha
A lively debate ensued in the blog following the unfortunate demise of Aaron Swartz, the young activist involved in issues surrounding copyright policy and technology freedom. [read post]
29 Jan 2013, 8:20 am by Jon Brodkin
Two US representatives have asked federal prosecutors to answer a series of questions about the prosecution of Aaron Swartz. [read post]