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

[Pat Maechler aka Valio]

It does make some sense after reading up a bit.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/07/reddit-founder-arrested-for-excessive-jstor-downloads.ars
Still it's bothersome to jump to arrest someone for these actions.

-pat

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Pat Maechler aka Valio <pirate at valio.ch>wrote:

> 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
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Thomas Levine <thomas.levine at gmail.com>
> To: Discussion of Free Culture in general and this organization in
> particular <discuss at freeculture.org>
> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:05:52 -0400
> Subject: [FC-discuss] Fwd: Urgent -- Aaron was just arrested
> Ooh
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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.
>
> *Will you click here to sign our petition of support for Aaron?<http://act.demandprogress.org/go/237?akid=767.475962.GEZUG-&t=1>
> *
>
> 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
> allegedly looking up articles at a library."
>
> *Will you click here to show your support for Aaron?<http://act.demandprogress.org/go/237?akid=767.475962.GEZUG-&t=2>
> *
>
> Thanks for your support and concern as we help see Aaron through these
> tough times.  We'll keep you updated.
>
>  -- The Demand Progress team
>
> *P.S.  Please considering forwarding this email to your friends or using
> the links below to alert them to Aaron's predicament.*
>   [image: [fb]] If you're already on *Facebook*, click here to share with
> your friends.<http://act.demandprogress.org/go/238?akid=767.475962.GEZUG-&t=3>  [image:
> [fb]] If you're already on *Twitter*, click here to tweet about the
> campaign: Tweet<http://act.demandprogress.org/go/239?akid=767.475962.GEZUG-&t=4>
> Paid for by Demand Progress (DemandProgress.org<http://demandprogress.org/>)
> and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Contributions
> are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax
> purposes.
>
> *One last thing -- Demand Progress's small, dedicated, under-paid staff
> relies exclusively on the generosity of members like you to support our
> work. Will you click here to chip in $5 or $10?<https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=qVsJeLsM2_OUm8gMFpEnJ-313KtshcwDH2K_OffDWgzO73PtWox9J25Dkzq&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8deaa77efc63a6eb429928d42bdf5d9d2c>Thank you!
> *
>
> --
> You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time.<http://act.demandprogress.org/cms/unsubscribe/unsubscribe/?akid=767.475962.GEZUG-&t=1>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at freeculture.org
> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.pirateweb.net/pipermail/pp.international.general/attachments/20110720/f1885265/attachment.html>