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Re:I conceal my identity the same way Aaron was indicted for by danielweber on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @12:02PM (#5067671)
It wasn't just that he made unauthorized access to the network; it was so that he could download millions documents that JSTOR sells a subscription to for tens of thousands of dollars a year.

You can't ignore that. If he had trespassed into JSTOR's offices to grab the same information, it wouldn't be a $100 fine.

(Ob: I'm not saying justice would have been Aaron sitting in jail for 7 years.)

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Re:I conceal my identity the same way Aaron was indicted for by Symmetry on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @12:19PM (#5067780)
Yes, but the current civil remedies we have in copyright and trade secret laws would work fine in this case.
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Re:I conceal my identity the same way Aaron was indicted for by ricardobeat on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @12:36PM (#5067921)
He only did this because the majority of them are publicly funded and should be available for free. The only reason they are not available to the public is JSTOR's grasp on journals and monopoly over archiving.

Maybe we should be blaming the journals for being greedy instead, but the point stands.

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Re:I conceal my identity the same way Aaron was indicted for by danielweber on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @12:58PM (#5068063)
That's something that would need to be decided in court. You don't get to declare someone else's property to be worthless when you are taking it.
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