Aaron Swartz hit with 9 more felony charges in MIT hacking case

Re:Aaron Swartz hit with 9 more felony charges in MIT hackin... by abecedarius on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @03:58PM (#4545274)

I have way more sympathy for aaronsw than I had for Mitnick. Maybe this would change if I looked into Mitnick's case, but my prior is that this analogy would not help Aaron.

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Re:Aaron Swartz hit with 9 more felony charges in MIT hackin... by hollerith on Friday September 21, 2012 @01:36PM (#4554754)

Same here. The difference is that the motivation that caused Aaron to break the law is a genuine desire to improve the world -- and that's what advocates for Aaron in the arena of public opinion should focus on.

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