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Posted in another thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2782752 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2782752 This is not the first time he has done someth
by woodall 15y ago
Posted in another thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2782752 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2782752
This is not the first time he has done something like this if memory serves me. In late 2008 Mr. Swartz and Carl Malamud went to select libraries, ones with free PACER access, and proceeded to download ~700 GB of information that was behind a paywall. After which they made all of it available on Mr. Malamud's website.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/case-against-pacer.ars http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/case-against...