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He's being punished for irresponsible behavior, fair enough. But the one good he did in the world is now being taken away to the detriment of many. Think of it

He's being punished for irresponsible behavior, fair enough. But the one good he did in the world is now being taken away to the detriment of many. Think of it this way- Right now you can find books in the library written by people who have committed genocides. If we were to ban all the good (or at least of academic value) works of people who also did some very bad things, we'd have to burn A LOT of media, and arguably to the detriment of us all. Cutting off the nose to spite the face... He should have been punished somehow, but not in this way. Anyway, I'm sure his lectures will be torrentable, if they're that good.

new299 12y ago
I believe the OpenCourseWare materials were made available under a permissive license. And the lectures are available on archive.org e.g. https://archive.org/details/MIT8.01F99 https://archive.org/details/MIT8.01F99 I can understand MITs decision to remove the materials from OpenCourseWare, OpenCourseWare is not a library. Removing his materials from there distances themselves from him, and his actions. They have however allowed them to be made available elsewhere.
- lectrick 12y ago
  That seems reasonably fair, then, all things considered. Found a positive article on him. Seems like a really cool prof, those are hard to find, sigh http://www.technologyreview.com/article/426949/the-professor-who-brings-physics-to-life/ http://www.technologyreview.com/article/426949/the-professor... What bothers me is that we're entering a world where most of the things that are considered "real" live online, so this is a rather large hit to the legacy of this guy, looking back on this day from the future.