JSTOR had no legitimate right to withhold from a credentialed researcher with valid access Did JSTOR or MIT know that's who they were blocking? To my knowledge

JSTOR had no legitimate right to withhold from a credentialed researcher with valid access Did JSTOR or MIT know that's who they were blocking? To my knowledge, he made no effort to contact either party even after it was evident that they were trying to prevent what he was doing. Opinions may differ on whether he should have had to, but if you're going to invoke his credentials, bear in mind that "Gary Host, guy that hid his laptop in a closet after we blocked his access" doesn't carry the same weight as "Aaron Swartz, Harvard Fellow".