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Re:Losing Aaron: Bob Swartz on MIT's role in his son's death by sampo on Thursday January 02, 2014 @10:44PM (#7004026)
The closet was not locked, so there was no need to break into it.

This is common knowledge about the case, also found in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz#JSTOR

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Re:Losing Aaron: Bob Swartz on MIT's role in his son's death by ericcumbee on Thursday January 02, 2014 @10:57PM (#7004064)
>Opening a closed door or window is a >breaking, even if they are unlocked.

http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/districtco...

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Re:Losing Aaron: Bob Swartz on MIT's role in his son's death by mpyne on Thursday January 02, 2014 @11:15PM (#7004127)
So is it your position that trespassing on other's property is now OK if they forget to lock the door?
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Re:Losing Aaron: Bob Swartz on MIT's role in his son's death by Zigurd on Thursday January 02, 2014 @11:56PM (#7004227)
Trespassing is the whole substantial crime in this case, and it should have ended with an arrest by the Cambridge PD and a fine.
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Re:Losing Aaron: Bob Swartz on MIT's role in his son's death by mpyne on Friday January 03, 2014 @01:30AM (#7004438)
You may have left out the part where Aaron was on the MIT subnet despite being kicked off repeatedly... I don't agree with felony charges but nor was this an instance of mere physical trespassing.
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Re:Losing Aaron: Bob Swartz on MIT's role in his son's death by GigabyteCoin on Friday January 03, 2014 @12:13AM (#7004275)
Sampo is just stating the facts as far as I can tell.
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