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Aaron Swartz Death

Gerry Smith

MIT Officials Have Faced Harassment, Personal Threats Since Aaron Swartz's Death

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 03.19.2013 | Technology
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Officials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have faced harassment and personal threats since the death of well-known Internet activist Aaro...

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The Best Minds of Our Generation, and Keeping Them Alive

Tanene Allison | Posted 04.23.2013 | Healthy Living
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Tanene Allison

"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness ... Visions! omens! hallucinations! miracles! ecstasies! gone down the American river! ......

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California Republican Speaks At Internet Activist's Memorial

The Huffington Post | Will Wrigley | Posted 02.07.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- One of the staunchest Republicans in Congress, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), attended a Capitol Hill memor...

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MIT Announces Timeline For Aaron Swartz Investigation Results

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 01.24.2013 | College
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is conducting a review of its involvement in the case of Aaron Swartz, the internet pioneer who committed su...

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Hundreds Pay Tribute To Internet Pioneer

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 03.21.2013 | Technology
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NEW YORK — Portraying his suicide as the product of injustice, friends and supporters at a memorial Saturday for free-information advocate Aaron...

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Was Aaron Swartz a Victim of Prosecutorial Overkill?

Bennett L. Gershman | Posted 03.20.2013 | Crime
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Bennett L. Gershman

In the end, the single most significant check on a prosecutor's discretion is not the judicial courts, nor the court of public opinion. The only realistic check lies in the integrity and professionalism of prosecutors.

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Aaron Swartz Was An Internet-Age MLK, Some Say

AP | By DENISE LAVOIE and ALLEN G. BREED | Posted 03.18.2013 | Technology
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BOSTON (AP) — Since his suicide, friends and admirers have cast free-information activist Aaron Swartz as a martyred hero hounded to his death by th...

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Gerry Smith

Aaron Swartz Case 'Snowballed Out Of MIT's Hands'

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 01.16.2013 | Technology
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Aaron Swartz and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology seemed to hold similar beliefs about open access on the Internet. Swartz, a well-known I...

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Bullying Aaron Swartz

Dale Cooper | Posted 03.17.2013 | Politics
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Dale Cooper

I believe that the prosecution for the United States threatened Swartz's emotional and physical well-being, and, faced with a court battle that he could not possibly finance with his own personal wealth, he took his own life. It bullied Swartz, and it should be held responsible in some way.

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Aaron Swartz's Father: My Son Was 'Killed By The Government'

AP | Posted 03.17.2013 | Technology
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HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. -- Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz was "killed by the government," his father told mourners Tuesday during his son's funera...

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Petition to Remove Swartz's Prosecutor Reaches Critical Mass

The Huffington Post | Betsy Isaacson | Posted 01.15.2013 | Technology
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The petition to remove Carmen Ortiz, the controversial district attorney in charge of the prosecution of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, has reached t...

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WATCH: Should Academic Publishing Be Accessible To All?

Posted 01.15.2013 | College
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Internet pioneer Aaron Swartz committed suicide Friday after well over a year of fighting charges he downloaded nearly 5 million academic journal arti...

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Gerry Smith

MIT Refused To Help Keep Aaron Swartz Out Of Prison

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 01.15.2013 | Technology
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Officials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology declined to support a petition last fall from Aaron Swartz's attorneys that could have helped t...

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Ryan J. Reilly

Aaron Swartz's Lawyer Says Prosecutor Was Out For Publicity

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan J. Reilly | Posted 01.14.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- The federal prosecutor who reportedly insisted on jail time for the late Aaron Swartz was "very, very difficult to deal with," Swartz's ...

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What People Are Saying About Aaron Swartz's Death

The Huffington Post | Betsy Isaacson | Posted 01.14.2013 | Technology
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Grief. Anger. Bewilderment. There have been plenty of reactions to the death of Aaron Swartz, the Reddit co-founder and Internet activist who apparent...

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Aaron Swartz Was Gifted and Brave. Too Bad He Wasn't 'Too Big to Fail'

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 03.16.2013 | Politics
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Richard (RJ) Eskow

Nothing can bring Aaron Swartz back. But if his death serves to shed light on these issues, if the American people finally demand answers about these perversions of justice, I like to think he'd be happy about that.

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Anonymous Hacks Prestigious University For Aaron Swartz

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 01.15.2013 | College
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Internet activists with the group Anonymous claimed credit for hacking the Massachusetts Institute of Technology website Sunday, in memoriam of the Aa...

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Gerry Smith

Were The Charges Against Internet Activist Aaron Swartz Too Severe?

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 01.15.2013 | Technology
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Before his apparent suicide Friday, Internet activist Aaron Swartz was facing trial for allegedly stealing millions of scholarly journal articles from...

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MIT Launching Internal Probe After Swartz's Suicide

Posted 01.14.2013 | Politics
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The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a statement on Sunday about the suicide of internet activist Aaron Swartz, announc...

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The Prosecution of Aaron Swartz: Sharing Knowledge Is a Greater Crime Than Bringing Down the Economy

Ali Hayat | Posted 03.15.2013 | Politics
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Ali Hayat

Aaron Swartz's untimely death has left us without a great mind and even more importantly a compassionate activist. While Aaron is irreplaceable, we must aspire to freely disseminate the moral imperative he advocated, in the very spirit that he himself would have done.

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