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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. Thomas Drake, James Risen by decora · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Thomas Drake
    Stephen Kim
    Shamai Leibowitz
    Jeffrey Sterling
    James Risen
    Bradley Manning
    Trevor Timm
    Aaron Swartz

    when does it end? Obama's DOJ is clearly off the deep end.