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I think we should start lobbying for a bill that makes copyright infringement a civil matter, not criminal. The Aaron Swartz bill.
by andrewtbham 14y ago
I think we should start lobbying for a bill that makes copyright infringement a civil matter, not criminal. The Aaron Swartz bill.
- _delirium 14y agoUnfortunately, that was the case for noncommercial infringement, but public sentiment went the other way and the law was amended in the wrong direction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NET_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NET_Act In Swartz's case, though, it seems he wasn't being prosecuted for copyright infringement: he never actually released the JSTOR documents. Instead he was being charged with unauthorized access to a computer system, and miscellaneous other related things.