Internet activist Aaron Swartz commits suicide

CNET ^ | January 12, 2013 | Charles Cooper

[EveningStar]

Computer activist Aaron H. Swartz committed suicide in New York City yesterday.

The news was first reported by the MIT newspaper The Tech, citing both his uncle and his attorney. Swartz was 26.

[EveningStar]

Wikipedia

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Sad.

[pepsionice]

It’s safe to say that he was consumed by the internet, and absolute access to everything.

[austinaero]

Ah under investigation by the FBI at one point. Interesting.

[martin_fierro]

[mnehring]

Internet Activist. Is that like the loudest screamer on the short bus?

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[gaijin]

SURE he committed suicide.

[humblegunner]

Internet Activist. Is that like the loudest screamer on the short bus?

I think it means "blogger".

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

“...And make it look like suicide.”
— JSTOR

[Bellflower]

Another too convenient suicide. What did the man know, who could have access to so much knowledge? Sad that he is dead, or is this even for sure? There is little that we can be sure of anymore, with so much evil taking over government and information outlets.

[HonkyTonkMan]

He was a member of Harvard University Ethics Center Lab.....but he was charged with

wire fraud, computer fraud, unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer, and recklessly damaging a protected computer, in relation to downloading roughly 4 million academic journal articles

was he active in the Harvard Ethics Center....doesn't reflect well on them.

[Lazamataz]

Another suicide of someone who pryed into the affairs of government.

You can tell because of the typical signs of suicide:

• 27 stab wounds.
• 10 gunshot wounds, 3 to the face.
• Drag marks and blood trails for approximately 200 yards<
• A suicide note with the name misspelled
• Cause of death: Heart attack.

[tet68]

You forgot one.

Location of suicide Ft.Marcy Park.

[circlecity]

Guess he didn’t choose the red pill.

[Earthdweller]

He didn't like the idea of government controlling the Internet. Sad...the young man was cut off before he was able to step on the poor wittle toesies of our wittle bitty timid government.

And you wonder why journalism is corrupt....

[Earthdweller]

Oh...here is the kicker....

"faced a maximum of $4 million in fines and more than 50 years in prison after the government increased the number of felony counts against Swartz to 13 from 4.""News of Swartz's suicide came only days after Jstor announced this week that it would make "more than 4.5 million articles" publicly available for free."

Shades of Breitbart...

[Moonman62]

was he active in the Harvard Ethics Center....doesn't reflect well on them.

Hey! Our Dear Leader went to Harvard.

It's hard to imagine that it's the same Harvard that expelled Teddy Kennedy for cheating.

[Libloather]

Anonymously?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks EveningStar. A flaming lib, and a thief who *got caught*.

Feds: Harvard fellow hacked millions of papers
Associated Press | Tuesday, July 19, 2011 4:33 PM EDT | JAY LINDSAY
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2750882/posts

[snip] A Harvard University fellow who was studying ethics was charged with hacking into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s computer network to steal nearly 5 million academic articles. [/snip]