The prosecutors involved should be deeply ashamed of themselves and have lost their jobs and had their reputations permanently scarred. Same with the MIT admin team who pushed for this.

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago

Yes let's not down playthe role MIT played here...

Fucking parasites.

[–] genesis@kbin.social 34 points 2 years ago

RIP Aaron. You were the hero we needed but lost. Fuck those prosecutors. I hope your dream comes true one day.

[–] tartarsauce@lemmy.fmhy.ml 31 points 2 years ago

There are some people that I consider true heroes, and Aaron Swartz is among the foremost. Rest in peace.

[–] dedale@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was murder. He stood against the hoarders, and they got his head.

[–] tartarsauce@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, this needs to be repeated loudly and at every opportunity. Aaron Swartz was murdered. He paid the highest possible price for his principles by being murdered by the US government on behalf of Elsevier. In a just world, the people responsible for this wouldn't just have their reputations ruined; they would be in prison.

[–] spez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

I’m doing academic research myself, if not for scihub I don’t know how I would survive this academic world. And now every time I try to look for papers, I go for arxiv, thanks to the authors who made their paper available here, such a great impact to the academic research world.

[–] dream_machine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A great follow up to this article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vz06QO3UkQ

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[–] sol@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 years ago

bits are not bugs

[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

What a tragedy