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Re:Why Am I So Upset About Aaron Swartz's Suicide? by chris_wot on Monday January 14, 2013 @08:55AM (#5054625)
7 years, for downloading articles that should probably be in the public domain? Well, that's not prosecutorial overreach at all.
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Re:Why Am I So Upset About Aaron Swartz's Suicide? by mpyne on Monday January 14, 2013 @11:05AM (#5055152)
6-8 months is what the prosecutors asked for, remember?

According to Lessig that wasn't even the sticking point for Aaron: Aaron didn't want to plead guilty to a felony, he wanted lesser charges.

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Re:Why Am I So Upset About Aaron Swartz's Suicide? by chris_wot on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @10:01AM (#5060384)
Allow me to rephrase that then: 6-8 months, for downloading articles that should probably be in the public domain? Well, that's not prosecutorial overreach at all.
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