The Truth About Aaron Swartz's "Crime"

Re:The Truth About Aaron Swartz's "Crime" by jlgreco on Saturday January 12, 2013 @07:33PM (#5049460)

Is it similarly victim blaming when people call shit on the RIAA for claiming thousands of dollars of damages per mp3? Give me a break, and knock it off with the emotionally charged language. MIT isn't the victim of domestic abuse or sexual assault.

> Can I break into your home and use your internet connection as I see fit without your complaint?

They dropped the trespassing charges, the only charges that had merit.

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Re:The Truth About Aaron Swartz's "Crime" by MichaelSalib on Saturday January 12, 2013 @07:38PM (#5049473)

But if I broke into your house and used your internet connection, the only harm would come from you, the "victim", objecting to my behavior. You'd be bootstrapping your own victimhood, right?

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Re:The Truth About Aaron Swartz's "Crime" by jlgreco on Saturday January 12, 2013 @07:42PM (#5049488)

If I were choosing to object to you on the grounds that you trespassed, then no.

If I were to drop the trespassing charges and choose to object on the grounds that I had to throw out my router because you used it, then I would indeed be manufacturing victomhood.

I'll repeat myself. They dropped the trespassing charges.

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Re:The Truth About Aaron Swartz's "Crime" by carbocation on Saturday January 12, 2013 @07:51PM (#5049507)

> "You realize that about 40% of the money that comes into MIT comes from the federal government right?"

Based on this non sequitur, can we infer that you have tacitly accepted jlgreco's point?

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