"They didn't nail Aaron because he violated the terms of service, they nailed him for STEALING FROM JSTOR" Nothing was stolen, he destroyed or returned all cop

"They didn't nail Aaron because he violated the terms of service, they nailed him for STEALING FROM JSTOR" Nothing was stolen, he destroyed or returned all copies of the scientific articles he downloaded, and JSTOR decline to press charges. He was then charged with computer crime for violating MIT's terms of service, which is a dubious legal standard that was already shot down by the courts years ago. Aaron Swartz was the victim of an overzealous prosecutor with a history of civil rights abuses and who had previously driven another alleged hacker to suicide. The CFAA is shockingly broad and puts the public in legal danger by its very existence. There is no defense of the government's actions in the Aaron Swartz case.