Irony: http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/1/9/3857628/jstor-opens-up-limited-free-access-to-its-digital-library
I can't even think about this, what a loss to our community, what a light guttered out so young! Shava On Jan 12, 2013 3:36 AM, "Yosem Companys" <compa...@stanford.edu> wrote: > This is a tragic loss and a terrible blow to the liberationtech community. > > Yosem > > > > http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N61/swartz.html > > Aaron Swartz commits suicide > > Web Update > > By Anne Cai > NEWS EDITOR; UPDATED AT 2:15 A.M. 1/12/13 > > Computer activist Aaron H. Swartz committed suicide in New York City > yesterday, Jan. 11, according to his uncle, Michael Wolf, in a comment > to The Tech. Swartz was 26. > > “The tragic and heartbreaking information you received is, > regrettably, true,” confirmed Swartz’ attorney, Elliot R. Peters of > Kecker and Van Nest, in an email to The Tech. > > Swartz was indicted in July 2011 by a federal grand jury for allegedly > mass downloading documents from the JSTOR online journal archive with > the intent to distribute them. He subsequently moved to Brooklyn, New > York, where he then worked for Avaaz Foundation, a nonprofit “global > web movement to bring people-powered politics to decision-making > everywhere.” Swartz appeared in court on Sept. 24, 2012 and pleaded > not guilty. > > The accomplished Swartz co-authored the now widely-used RSS 1.0 > specification at age 14, was one of the three co-owners of the popular > social news site Reddit, and completed a fellowship at Harvard’s > Ethics Center Lab on Institutional Corruption. In 2010, he founded > DemandProgress.org, a “campaign against the Internet censorship bills > SOPA/PIPA.” > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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