"Of course people in the civil rights movement broke laws. The difference is that they did so in a public and organized way. Aaron, on the other hand, broke int

"Of course people in the civil rights movement broke laws. The difference is that they did so in a public and organized way. Aaron, on the other hand, broke into the computer closet at MIT as a lone individual. Therefore he was persecuted." ", half the country (mostly the northern half), as well as the federal government, supported the civil rights movement. The same can't be said about intellectual property today." These are tremendously good points everyone should remember when evaluating whether to promote or reject Aaron's path. I just made a similar one. The guy was a lone warrior fighting a battle hardly anyone cares about in a way much of the country would want him prosecuted for. They'd say something like, "I understand this stuff matters to him or maybe me but we can't just let college kids go around doing B&E's and other crimes to make political points." They then might wonder how far that could go for various causes before being sure they wanted him arrested. A big issue I have in the I.P. side is formulating strategies to get people to care about it. They especially need to know the I.P. holders, esp patent trolls or CompSci paywalls, largely aren't earning the monopolies in terms of benefits provided. They're just robbing others claiming they're taking what's owed. It's a trick subject if the audience is laypersons, esp unlimited copying part.