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Re:The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones by mrmekon on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @05:27AM (#6132640) 

  > internet activist Aaron Swartz, who was threatened with 35 years in
  > prison under the CFAA for allegedly stealing mass amounts of
  > academic articles
Using the word "stealing" at this point is not only wrong, but destroys the very point he was trying to make...
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Re:The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones by lifeformed on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @09:04AM (#6133343)
Well, it's prefaced by "allegedly".
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Re:The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones by barylen on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @08:32AM (#6133176)
What was wrong with the word "stealing" in this context?
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Re:The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones by RyanMcGreal on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @09:34AM (#6133504)
Copying != stealing. If I steal something from you, you don't have it any more. If I copy something you have, we both have a copy.
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Re:The 3 Most Absurdly Outdated Internet Laws | Mother Jones by mathgorges on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @10:04AM (#6133703)
Also, even if one were to accept copying as stealing, it wouldn't work in this context since Aaron Swartz had legitimate access to JSTOR through Harvard.
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