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Any public visitor can download articles using the MIT network. Aaron dis just that, but he downloaded more than one articles. Perfectly legal. He didn't evade
by sherjilozair 14y ago
Any public visitor can download articles using the MIT network. Aaron dis just that, but he downloaded more than one articles. Perfectly legal.
He didn't evade anything. He just used MAC address spoofing. That's not illegal either. There was no attempt to kick him off.
- rayiner 14y agoMIT allows people to use their network, but that doesn't mean they give up the right to revoke permission. MIT took multiple measures to get block Aaron. There is nothing illegal about spoofing your MAC ID, but spoofing your MAC ID to get around a ban suggests that you know your permission to access a network has been revoked, yet you continue to do so. That's the illegal part.
- rhizome 14y agoThat's the illegal part. Do tell. None of what you describe is illegal in the U.S.
- shrughes 14y agoYou can interpret a mac address ban that way, but you could also interpret it as implying that you're using too much resources at once, so you can't do that, but throttling your download rate might be okay.
- maxharris 14y agoUm, you are completely misinformed. See: http://www.volokh.com/2013/01/14/aaron-swartz-charges/ http://www.volokh.com/2013/01/14/aaron-swartz-charges/