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Terrible journalism on this issue makes me really angry. First sentence: > AARON SWARTZ , who committed suicide two weeks ago, had been arrested for illegally
by bo1024 14y ago
Terrible journalism on this issue makes me really angry.
First sentence:
> AARON SWARTZ , who committed suicide two weeks ago, had been arrested for illegally downloading millions of articles from JSTOR, an archive of academic journals.
Dead wrong.
- thingylab 14y agoYou just did the equivalent of a user calling tech support saying "my computer doesn't work".
- danso 14y agoNot sure what's so completely wrong about that statement. Though I learned in journalism school that you should always say "allegedly" after the phrase "arrested for"...I figured the Economist, based in London, would be even more uptight about that given their libel laws.
- bo1024 14y agoHe wasn't "allegedly" arrested for downloading files illegally. He was never accused of or charged with copyright infringement. He was accused of various forms of "hacking" and trespassing.
- danso 14y ago> had been arrested for illegally downloading millions of articles from JSTOR The OP, as you pointed out, says illegally downloading. The illegal part, ostensibly, comes from the alleged "hacking". There is nothing about copyright infringement implied here, though yes, that's the natural connotation of "illegal download"