> who has ever spent years in jail for this? Aaron Swartz? EDIT: apparently he wasn't in jail, he was on bail while the case was ongoing - but the shortest pl

> who has ever spent years in jail for this? Aaron Swartz? EDIT: apparently he wasn't in jail, he was on bail while the case was ongoing - but the shortest plea deal would still have had him in jail for 6 months, and the penalty was 35 to 50 years.