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Aaron Swartz would have liked some of those principles. This is a small, "better late than never" step for most of us, but for Aaron...it's more like "too litt

Aaron Swartz would have liked some of those principles. This is a small, "better late than never" step for most of us, but for Aaron...it's more like "too little, too late."

jashper 2y ago
My first thought as well
HDThoreaun 2y ago
Surely MIT made this move at least partially due to Aaron's legacy. I hope and believe he'd be happy to see this.
- HaZeust 2y ago
  Something I thought of too, second to only a few months ago, where I remember an article coming to the top of HN stating that JSTOR was now free in a ton of prisons. Stopped me dead in my tracks, with potent thought of Aaron - may he rest.
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DoctorOetker 2y ago
I consider it a lot more obscene, MIT doesn't go after all the megacorps that are training ML algorithms on research articles because they feel small in comparison, but if a kid borrows too many articles, or in too quick a succession, they had no problem squashing him like a bug. Its the same behavior you seen in frustrated adolescents that feel to small to retaliate against the perpetrators of their misfortune and "start small" by torturing smaller animals...
- 1oooqooq 2y ago
  those companies usually pay Elsevier for the whole bundle because it's cheaper than scrapping. the system greatly benefits those it pretends to protect the authors against.
- fhsm 2y ago
  Prosecutorial conduct was perhaps more important than MIT’s, although the tragedy of his death provides bountiful opportunities for condemnation. https://www.forbes.com/sites/timothylee/2013/01/17/aaron-swartz-and-the-corrupt-practice-of-plea-bargaining/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/timothylee/2013/01/17/aaron-swa... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/disappointing-unsealing-decision-aaron-swartz-case https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/disappointing-unsealin... https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/aaron-swartz-prosecutor-withheld-evidence/317410/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/aaron...

Aaron Swartz would have liked some of those principles. This is a small, "better late than never" step for most of us, but for Aaron...it's more like "too little, too late."

jashper 2y ago

My first thought as well

HDThoreaun 2y ago

Surely MIT made this move at least partially due to Aaron's legacy. I hope and believe he'd be happy to see this.

HaZeust 2y ago
Something I thought of too, second to only a few months ago, where I remember an article coming to the top of HN stating that JSTOR was now free in a ton of prisons. Stopped me dead in my tracks, with potent thought of Aaron - may he rest.

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DoctorOetker 2y ago

I consider it a lot more obscene, MIT doesn't go after all the megacorps that are training ML algorithms on research articles because they feel small in comparison, but if a kid borrows too many articles, or in too quick a succession, they had no problem squashing him like a bug. Its the same behavior you seen in frustrated adolescents that feel to small to retaliate against the perpetrators of their misfortune and "start small" by torturing smaller animals...

1oooqooq 2y ago
those companies usually pay Elsevier for the whole bundle because it's cheaper than scrapping. the system greatly benefits those it pretends to protect the authors against.
fhsm 2y ago
Prosecutorial conduct was perhaps more important than MIT’s, although the tragedy of his death provides bountiful opportunities for condemnation. https://www.forbes.com/sites/timothylee/2013/01/17/aaron-swartz-and-the-corrupt-practice-of-plea-bargaining/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/timothylee/2013/01/17/aaron-swa... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/disappointing-unsealing-decision-aaron-swartz-case https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/disappointing-unsealin... https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/aaron-swartz-prosecutor-withheld-evidence/317410/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/aaron...