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Re:MIT Media Lab Disobedience Award by clintonb on Saturday March 11, 2017 @11:51PM (#13849048)
> It's about the next person who downloads too much free stuff doing it emboldened by the thought that MIT will have their back when the feds come knocking.

Aaron Swartz was not an MIT affiliate, alum, faculty, or student. MIT had no obligation to "have [his] back" for violating MIT network policy and federal law.

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Re:MIT Media Lab Disobedience Award by AnthonyMouse on Sunday March 12, 2017 @07:18AM (#13850227)
> Aaron Swartz was not an MIT affiliate, alum, faculty, or student. MIT had no obligation to "have [his] back" for violating MIT network policy and federal law.

Having "no obligation" to do something is never an excuse for any behavior.

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