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If you want to bring this up, you should be blaming MIT rather than JSTOR. "Marty Weinberg, who took the case over from Good, said he nearly negotiated a plea
by sushid 9y ago
If you want to bring this up, you should be blaming MIT rather than JSTOR.
"Marty Weinberg, who took the case over from Good, said he nearly negotiated a plea bargain in which Swartz would not serve any time. He said JSTOR signed off on it, but MIT would not." [0]
[0] https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/15/humanity-deficit/bj8oThPDwzgxBSHQt3tyKI/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/15/humanity-defici...
- jacquesm 9y agoThat did not stop MIT from doing their whitewash and denying any responsibility.
- hyperpallium 9y agoChomsky left MIT for U of Arizona, it's speculated, for the warmer weather. But might not this be part of the reason?
- jacquesm 9y agoExtremely unlikely.
- gowld 9y agoWhat "signing off" could MIT do? They weren't the victims of any crime, they were merely the venue. "MIT didn't sign off" was just Ortiz's excuse to not stop pursuing Swartz.