Post: #1

Did he log into the wrong files?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/techno...ml?hp&_r=0

Post: #2

In a statement his parents are blaming the authorities for pressing charges against him when he broke the law, saying they contributed to his suicide.

I'm not a stickler for random laws, but he did knowingly break one.

Post: #3

He had a history of acute depression symptoms, as was stated in the article. A sad and tragic death of a bright mind.

Post: #4

Did this happen in light of the "i tasted jizz in my cheating girlfriend's vagina" thread? Thats enough to make anyone old.

Post: #5

Very sad, but no conspiracy here.

Post: #6

Well, for all of you who like conspiracy theories...
http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1646.htm

Post: #7

Ok, for anyone who doesn't know what this case is all about:

His crime was downloading massive amounts of academic articles from digital library (JSTOR) which charges for access to its database, the way he did it was accesing them trough the MIT network which allows anyone to have free access to such journal in the campus.

According to him, the purpose of this was to give free access to anyone via a torrent (which is available), he was a "free information" activist.

Now, this caused anger, specially among the hacker/nerd/geek community because they saw the potential charges to him (up to 35 years in prison) as a very excessive and also the family indicated that the pressures of the governmet were a cause for big stress which caused him to consider suicide, which he ultimately decided to go for.

Here are some links:

http://unhandled.com/2013/01/12/the-trut...tzs-crime/ (perspective from a lawyer)

http://rememberaaronsw.tumblr.com/post/4...r-of-aaron (statement from his family)

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitio...z/RQNrG1Ck (petition to remove a government official related to the case)

https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/6554331 (the files he downloaded)

Post: #8

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/05/...i-20120306

Post: #9

So who was Aaron Swartz?

Was he a poon hound or one of those PUA guys?

Post: #10

I would've waited until I knew what the charges were for sure...

Post: #11

I just watched the doccy on this guy. A true nerd and genius. But 35 years for downloading files? For fucks sake

Post: #12

It's comforting to see downloading some articles is nowadays considered worse than rape, murder, road rampage, cannibalism and even spying and treason...