Well, JSTOR settled with him, later released a lot of documents for free themselves, and have stated that as far as they were concerned the issue was closed.

Well, JSTOR settled with him, later released a lot of documents for free themselves, and have stated that as far as they were concerned the issue was closed. Currently MIT is starting a self-investigation on how they could have done better, to prevent the crackdown that occurred. So that's interesting enough. Neither party feels victimized, it seems.