[pp.int.general] Fwd: [FC-discuss] Fwd: Urgent -- Aaron was just arrested

[Pat Maechler aka Valio]

A US student is arrested for downloading too many journal articles?
This makes no sense at all...
I'm flabbergasted.
Are we already there or is this one made up?

-pat

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From: Thomas Levine <thomas.levine at gmail.com>
To: Discussion of Free Culture in general and this organization in
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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:05:52 -0400
Subject: [FC-discuss] Fwd: Urgent -- Aaron was just arrested
Ooh

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From: David Segal, DemandProgress.org <info at demandprogress.org>
Date: Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 2:49 PM
Subject: Urgent -- Aaron was just arrested
To: Thomas Levine <thomas.levine at gmail.com>


 Thomas,

Shocking news: *Moments ago former Demand Progress Executive Director Aaron
Swartz was indicted by the US government.* As best as we can tell, he is
being charged with allegedly downloading too many journal articles from the
Web. The government contends that downloading so many journal articles
constitutes felony computer hacking and should be punished with time in
prison.  We disagree.

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The charges are made all the more senseless by the fact that the alleged
victim has settled any claims against Aaron, explained they've suffered no
loss or damage, and asked the government not to prosecute.

James Jacobs, the Government Documents Librarian at Stanford University --
where Aaron did undergraduate work -- denounced the arrest: "Aaron's
prosecution undermines academic inquiry and democratic principles," Jacobs
said. "It's incredible that the government would try to lock someone up for
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