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Re:MIT releases report on its actions in the Aaron Swartz case by chaostheory on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @05:20PM (#6130140)
So where exactly does it state that Aaron caused damage to systems, posed a threat, and deprived people of something?

What you posted is a fancy way of saying that Aaron logged into JTSTOR using his own credentials and downloaded publicly funded research papers onto a computer hidden in an MIT supply closet. Who's the victim in his crime?

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Re:MIT releases report on its actions in the Aaron Swartz case by danielweber on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @05:40PM (#6130232)
> Aaron logged into JTSTOR using his own credentials

Huh? This is new.

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Re:MIT releases report on its actions in the Aaron Swartz case by chaostheory on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @06:10PM (#6130398)
Ok correction

"Swartz used a Perl computer script running on Amazon cloud servers to download the documents, using credentials belonging to a Sacramento library."

Again, who actually got hurt aside from Aaron?

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Re:MIT releases report on its actions in the Aaron Swartz case by pyre on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @03:29AM (#6132346)
That sounds more like the PACER incident. MIT pays for a site-license for JSTOR, so everyone on campus can access it for 'free.' This is why Aaron was trying to use MIT's network.
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