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[–] Bruhh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (7 children)

If I remember correctly, it wasn't even illegal since these scientific articles should have been public to begin with because they used public funds.

[–] SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

That may be so, but IIRC he was charged with breaking into MIT's networking room and illegally tapping into their network to get the articles:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2261840/Aaron-Swartz-MIT-surveillance-shot-ruined-tragic-Reddit-founders-life.html

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Well that's definitely burying the lede from the OP.

It wasn't the sharing part they had a problem with, it was the B&E and hacking.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

still... 35 years? obviously there is more missing information.

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