> Barrett Brown was not convicted merely for linking to data on the web.
From the article:
Most of us expected that those charges would be dropped and some were, although they still influenced his sentence.
I want to be generous and say that the author meant what you said. The linking was not something Brown was charged with, but it was brought up during the sentencing and probably influenced the length of his prison sentence.
So while you're correct that Brown was not charged with linking to information, it's worth noting that this was still used against him anyway.
Also, people who think the linking to hacked data was the only thing that got him arrested are being disingenuous (or are simply ignorant).
From the article:
I want to be generous and say that the author meant what you said. The linking was not something Brown was charged with, but it was brought up during the sentencing and probably influenced the length of his prison sentence.So while you're correct that Brown was not charged with linking to information, it's worth noting that this was still used against him anyway.
Also, people who think the linking to hacked data was the only thing that got him arrested are being disingenuous (or are simply ignorant).