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VIDEO: Aaron Swartz And The Fight For Free Information

Anniversary Of Aaron Swartz’s Death Brings Threat Of Proprietorial Overreach

Leahy’s amendment suggests an undeniable impression that fairness under the law is sacrificable to grander notions, such as “national security” and “corporate protection.”

January 14th, 2014
Frederick Reese
January 14th, 2014
By Frederick Reese
Aaron Swartz

A man’s spirit broke on Jan.11, 2013. Under unrelenting pressure from federal prosecutors and facing 35 years in prison, Aaron Swartz, 26, co-founder of Demand Progress and a member of the developing team for the RSS feed, Creative Commons and Infogrami -- who at the time was severely and chronically depressed -- killed himself. One year after

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Report Clears MIT In Aaron Swartz Case; Critics Call It A ‘Whitewash’

MIT says an internal review shows the school acted appropriately in the case of Swartz.

August 1st, 2013
Katie Rucke
August 1st, 2013
By Katie Rucke
Aaron Swartz

An internal investigation by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is billed by the school as evidence the school acted appropriately in the case of Aaron Swartz, but supporters of the late freedom-of-information advocate are calling it a “whitewash.” Swartz, 26, committed suicide after federal prosecutors targeted him for downloading academic

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