Hi all, As many of you know, open knowledge activist Aaron Swartz recently committed suicide while awaiting trial for using MIT's internet network to download a large number of academic journal articles. If convicted, he faced over 35 years in prison for an act that had no victims and caused no permanent damage. MIT has begun an investigation into its role in Aaron's case<http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/letter-on-death-of-aaron-swartz.html> .
With the input of Aaron's brother and a couple others, I've written a petition to put pressure on the MIT administration to apologize for not defending him against an unreasonably harsh prosecution at http://open.scripts.mit.edu/blog/petition/. Please consider signing and forwarding this - it's quick and easy and will help nudge MIT in the direction of accountability for its (in)actions. Thanks, Yan
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