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> It's about the next person who downloads too much free stuff doing it emboldened by the thought that MIT will have their back when the feds come knocking. Aa
by clintonb 10y ago
> It's about the next person who downloads too much free stuff doing it emboldened by the thought that MIT will have their back when the feds come knocking.
Aaron Swartz was not an MIT affiliate, alum, faculty, or student. MIT had no obligation to "have [his] back" for violating MIT network policy and federal law.
- AnthonyMouse 10y ago> Aaron Swartz was not an MIT affiliate, alum, faculty, or student. MIT had no obligation to "have [his] back" for violating MIT network policy and federal law. Having "no obligation" to do something is never an excuse for any behavior.