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Aaron Swartz Indicted in Attempted Piracy of Four Million Documents

Posted by Unknown on from the but-information-wants-to-be-free dept.

An anonymous reader writes "New York Times has reported that Internet activist Aaron Swartz has been indicted for stealing more than 4 million documents from JSTOR." The indictment contains an exciting tale featuring trespassing, MAC address forgery, a Python script or two, and even computers hidden under a cardboard box. El Reg has a decent summary. Demand Progress has released an official response claiming the charges are trumped up nonsense.

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  1. Re:He's a Reddit co-founder. by EvilStein · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, he is not.

    "Edit: Actually, apparently Alexis had this to say[Gizmodo]:
    He is absolutely not a founding member. We acquired his company in December, 6 months after Steve and I launched reddit."