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		monsterix on Feb 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Aaron Swartz Was Targeted by Feds Over His Activis... Can you enlist some of those things you think he was guilty of? Leaving aside the fact that he was actually trying to forcefully give people (you and I) back what they already owned.

sneak on Feb 26, 2013 [–]

This presupposes that one can own information in the first place.

monsterix on Feb 26, 2013 | [–]

Well research papers that were funded by people's money - sure why not?

metaphorm on Feb 26, 2013 | | [–]

you should research the background of this case more. the jstor documents in question were already in the public domain.

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