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Aaron Swartz didn't seed or distribute articles too
by selamtux 2y ago
Aaron Swartz didn't seed or distribute articles too
- mandmandam 2y agoI don't think that what Aaron did was* wrong. Meta's wholescale theft, however, is pretty hard to defend, and Meta knew it. That's why they went to some lengths to hide it. Similarly, that OpenAI whistleblower, the one whose family was calling for a murder investigation, might be alive today if it wasn't pretty well known that stealing the work of thousands/millions of people to make a for-profit imitation machine isn't exactly cool or legal. Edit: egregious typo.
- InsideOutSanta 2y agoWhat Aaron did was not wrong. He intended to make journal articles publicly available. They should be, as many are publicly funded, and academic publishers like Elsevier do not pay for these articles. Scientists provide them to journals. Universities, libraries, and we then have to buy back access.
- w4rh4wk5 2y ago+1 public money, public research
- mandmandam 2y agoYeah agreed, I was typing pre-caffeination :/
- drawkward 2y agoTrump solved the problem by just removing the funding! Checkmate, Libs! /s
- weberer 2y agoSwartz killed himself before the trial actually took place. Its entirely possible that the court would have ruled in his favor.
- ramblerman 2y agoMaybe, but getting arrested with the FBI involved is a pretty traumatic event for a citizen. Having your company's lawyers mail back and forth with the DoJ less so.
- visarga 2y agoProbably not because there was a DA who needed to make her career on his back.