The NY Times confidently reported today that Swartz's death triggered a widespread debate, when the political debate really is just among... I live in far away

The NY Times confidently reported today that Swartz's death triggered a widespread debate, when the political debate really is just among... I live in far away India. I know friends (not from a software background) who have read about it and were wondering why the US justice system would try to harm one of its brightest young minds over copying some scientific journals. Trust me, the charges are unthinkable in pretty much the entire rest of the world. He belonged to the whole world really.