Except both MIT and JSTOR did not press charges. It was an ambitious US Attorney, Carmen Ortiz, who wanted a notable scalp to boost her career. That career is n

Except both MIT and JSTOR did not press charges. It was an ambitious US Attorney, Carmen Ortiz, who wanted a notable scalp to boost her career. That career is now in tatters for completely independent reasons: https://theintercept.com/2021/02/15/marty-walsh-aaron-swartz-carmen-ortiz/ https://theintercept.com/2021/02/15/marty-walsh-aaron-swartz... Prosecutorial malfeasance is a serious problem in the US, probably worse than police shootings in sheer number of lives broken, notably due to the abusive plea deal system where innocent people have a Hobson's choice to accept a plea just to avoid the risk of draconian penalties if they take the chance of a trial and whatever attorney will be assigned to them.