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Good call

• slurry 14y ago
  Probably a good call. But "JSTOR killed a dude" will still be the internet's takeaway from this.
  • mscarborough 14y ago
    No, it may be your takeaway but 'the internet' doesn't have one assigned, much less society at large.
  • deelowe 14y ago
    s/JSTOR/Government
  • afandian 14y ago
    What makes you think that? I have seen very little animosity toward JSTOR, most of it seems to be aimed at the government prosecutors.
• Quixote2 14y ago
  A truly good call would at least be sincere in an acknowledgement of fault. This call sounds a bit hypocritical. They did drop their "civil case," but they can hardly be said to have made any serious effort to stop the arrogant government prosecutors who, in effect, went on to murder Aaron. The irresponsible academics who stood around shrugging their shoulders in indifference, as well as the various media outlets that casually reported on Aaron's arrest, should think carefully about the lack of proportion in the American criminal justice system, and the devastating impact it can have on real lives. Authorities in New York have undertaken a similarly disproportionate assault on Internet freedom and academic whistle-blowing, arresting and prosecuting a blogger who sent out “Gmail confessions” in which a well-known New York University department chairman appeared to be eccentrically accusing himself of plagiarism. And again, there appears to be nothing but silence from the relevant communities. For further information on the case, see: http://raphaelgolbtrial.wordpress.com/about/ http://raphaelgolbtrial.wordpress.com/about/