Thursday, February 17, 2022

Aaron Swartz, JSTOR, and Freedom of Information

You might never have heard the name, Aaron Swartz. If so, that's about to change. He hacked the computer system at MIT to download thousands of articles on the paysite JSTOR with the intention of releasing them free to the public. A massive and very controversial court case followed. You can watch a feature-length documentary about the story on YouTube. Today in class we're going to watch this short video.

Was he right? Was he wrong? Both? Neither?

 

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