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Prosecutors gonna prosecute. A university should protect its members. Not anymore though. Universities are part of the behemoth now.
by danharaj 8y ago
Prosecutors gonna prosecute. A university should protect its members. Not anymore though. Universities are part of the behemoth now.
- FireBeyond 8y agoAaron wasn't a student at MIT.
- danharaj 8y ago> Elliot Peters, Swartz's attorney, told The Associated Press on Sunday that the case "was horribly overblown" because JSTOR itself believed that Swartz had "the right" to download from the site. Swartz was not formally affiliated with MIT, but was a fellow at nearby Harvard University. MIT maintains an open campus and open computer network, Peters said. He said that made Swartz's accessing the network legal. I should have used more accurate language. I think my intended statement is clear now.