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Contrast the MIT statement with the distancing of JSTOR: http://about.jstor.org/statement-swartz http://about.jstor.org/statement-swartz They write, "The case

Contrast the MIT statement with the distancing of JSTOR: http://about.jstor.org/statement-swartz http://about.jstor.org/statement-swartz They write, "The case is one that we ourselves had regretted being drawn into from the outset..." But in Lawrence Lessig's http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/40347463044/prosecutor-as-bully http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/40347463044/prosecutor-as-bull... he writes, "Early on, and to its great credit, JSTOR figured “appropriate” out: They declined to pursue their own action against Aaron, and they asked the government to drop its." According to Lessig, JSTOR was hardly "drawn into" their case against Swartz: they withdrew their own legal action against Swartz.

Evbn 14y ago
JSTOR was directly involved as the target of Aaron's actions. MIT was involved collaterally as the scene of the crime, and ceased to be involved after JSTOR and the Feds took over.
- ChristianMarks 14y ago
  JSTOR was directly involved as the target of Aaron's actions. Yes, this is understood. They could have been drawn into the case to that extent only, without pressing any charges. MIT was involved collaterally as the scene of the crime, and ceased to be involved after JSTOR and the Feds took over. So JSTOR had a case to withdraw. Their involvement was not limited to being the target of Swartz's actions--they played an active role, only to withdraw later. But I could be mistaken and my reading of Lessig could be wrong. How did JSTOR take over? How did it come to pass that JSTOR dropped its case? What was its case? Could filing such a case count as "being drawn in" to a case?
  - btilly 14y ago
    Reading between the lines of what they said in their responses, both when the initial federal case was filed, and after the suicide, JSTOR settled out of court with Aaron, and part of that settlement is that he gave back or destroyed the copies that he made. With that done, JSTOR didn't care what happened next. And only the federal prosecutor cared.

Evbn 14y ago

JSTOR was directly involved as the target of Aaron's actions. MIT was involved collaterally as the scene of the crime, and ceased to be involved after JSTOR and the Feds took over.

ChristianMarks 14y ago
JSTOR was directly involved as the target of Aaron's actions. Yes, this is understood. They could have been drawn into the case to that extent only, without pressing any charges. MIT was involved collaterally as the scene of the crime, and ceased to be involved after JSTOR and the Feds took over. So JSTOR had a case to withdraw. Their involvement was not limited to being the target of Swartz's actions--they played an active role, only to withdraw later. But I could be mistaken and my reading of Lessig could be wrong. How did JSTOR take over? How did it come to pass that JSTOR dropped its case? What was its case? Could filing such a case count as "being drawn in" to a case?
- btilly 14y ago
  Reading between the lines of what they said in their responses, both when the initial federal case was filed, and after the suicide, JSTOR settled out of court with Aaron, and part of that settlement is that he gave back or destroyed the copies that he made. With that done, JSTOR didn't care what happened next. And only the federal prosecutor cared.