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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 525518" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>I all of this, I haven't seen anything other than "bet" he did and vague descriptions of something that maybe he did. Since you are so certain that he violated federal law, please describe what law you are aware of that he violated. Not what you "bet" he did, but what you are actually aware of.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo/2013/01/14/aaron-swartz-hacker-case-ends-with-suicide/#309ef0f457cd" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo/2013/01/14/aaron-swartz-hacker-case-ends-with-suicide/#309ef0f457cd</a></p><p></p><p>AAron Swartz was accused of violating the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. He connected to free and open wifi and downloaded public domain documents at MIT. MIT did not want him to be prosecuted. The organization who charges for access to the public domain documents did not want him charged. He was a computer programming prodigy who started working on internet standards(inside internet standards organizations) when he was around 12 or 13. He ended up committing suicide instead of potentially facing a 35 year sentence. Federal prosecutors said that since he used a fake email address to connect to the wifi and worked around barriers to prevent copying that he was guilty. MIT said that there were absolutely no barriers in place to prevent copying. I myself have used a fake email address for connecting to wifi.(I don't want to get annoying emails)</p><p></p><p>Even absolutely innocent things can be spun into federal crimes. For me to be convinced that anyone committed crimes, I want to understand the text of the law and the actual actions that supposedly violated that text. I "think" this or I "bet" that doesn't convince myself of anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 525518, member: 2426"] I all of this, I haven't seen anything other than "bet" he did and vague descriptions of something that maybe he did. Since you are so certain that he violated federal law, please describe what law you are aware of that he violated. Not what you "bet" he did, but what you are actually aware of. [URL]https://www.forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo/2013/01/14/aaron-swartz-hacker-case-ends-with-suicide/#309ef0f457cd[/URL] AAron Swartz was accused of violating the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. He connected to free and open wifi and downloaded public domain documents at MIT. MIT did not want him to be prosecuted. The organization who charges for access to the public domain documents did not want him charged. He was a computer programming prodigy who started working on internet standards(inside internet standards organizations) when he was around 12 or 13. He ended up committing suicide instead of potentially facing a 35 year sentence. Federal prosecutors said that since he used a fake email address to connect to the wifi and worked around barriers to prevent copying that he was guilty. MIT said that there were absolutely no barriers in place to prevent copying. I myself have used a fake email address for connecting to wifi.(I don't want to get annoying emails) Even absolutely innocent things can be spun into federal crimes. For me to be convinced that anyone committed crimes, I want to understand the text of the law and the actual actions that supposedly violated that text. I "think" this or I "bet" that doesn't convince myself of anything. [/QUOTE]
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