Aaron Swartz

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Reference

 * : article pages currently returning 503 error, so can't verify if there's an article -- but the header at the top of the Main Page currently says "MIT, but not the Obama Administration, investigates its role leading up to the tragic death of Aaron Swartz. The Obama Administration played a far bigger role than MIT did." For once, they may be correct.
 * : no information as of 2013-01-14
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history

 * http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/09/aaron-swartz-felony -- part of the history
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/100520148877423056661/posts/h19Uux3qV5H - video: Aaron talks about collaborative filtering in 2007
 * 2012-05-21 F2C2012: Aaron Swartz keynote - "How we stopped SOPA"
 * 2012-08-16 Aaron Swartz: How We Stopped SOPA

suicide & aftermath

 * http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N61/swartz.html?comments#comments
 * http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2013/01/12/aaron-swartz/
 * http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/40347463044/prosecutor-as-bully
 * https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/01/farewell-aaron-swartz
 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/12/aaron-swartz-suicide_n_2462819.html
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/101896915525351208408/posts/Xr3KUinQr2C - includes more links
 * http://unhandled.com/2013/01/12/the-truth-about-aaron-swartzs-crime/ "I was the expert witness on Aaron’s side of US vs Swartz, engaged by his attorneys last year to help prepare a defense for his April trial."
 * http://io9.com/5975592/aaron-swartz-died-innocent-++-here-is-the-evidence - repost
 * http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html?_r=1&
 * https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/12/remembering-aaron-swartz-1986-2013/
 * http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/12/aaron-swartz-heroism-suicide1 - Glenn Greenwald
 * http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/40373383323/official-statement-from-the-family-and-partner-of -- official statement from the family does point fingers
 * http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2013/01/13/aaron-swartz-was-not-a-hacker-he-was-a-builder/
 * https://plus.google.com/u/0/101371184407256956306/posts/NpuzD1xmAja MIT President's statement on Aaron Swartz
 * 2012-01-12
 * Aaron is dead.: email from Tim Berners-Lee
 * 2013-01-14
 * http://www.salon.com/2013/01/14/aaron_swartz_freedom_fighter/
 * Tribute without copyright "Scholars break down paywalls to honour activist Aaron Swartz, igniting debate over academic freedom."
 * An Elegy for Aaron
 * In Response To Aaron's Death: Don't Take Down, Build Up; Don't Attack, But Share
 * In the Wake of Aaron Swartz's Death, Let's Fix Draconian Computer Crime Law
 * 2013-01-15
 * Inside Story Americas - What is Aaron Swartz's legacy? (Al Jazeera video): interview with Lawrence Lessig and 2 others
 * commentary: Susan on Google+
 * The Death of Aaron Swartz and the New Hacker Crackdown
 * http://falkvinge.net/2013/01/15/petition-to-fire-aaron-swartz-prosecutor-reaches-goal/
 * Event: vigil for Aaron Swarz
 * US Attorney Carmen Ortiz’s husband attacks Swartz family on Twitter - completely missing the point that Aaron would have had to admit guilt and become a convicted felon (with all the consequences thereof) when he hadn't actually done anything illegal
 * 2013-01-16
 * US Attorney Statement on the Prosecution of Aaron Swartz
 * pointed commentary by Linus Torvalds: "...having the involved US attorney then basically lie about it all in a very public statement is something that I find particularly offensive."
 * 2013-01-17
 * Congresswoman introduces "Aaron's Law" to honor Swartz
 * Aaron Swartz and the Corrupt Practice of Plea Bargaining
 * 2013-01-19 video: Aaron Swartz Memorial in Full at The Great Hall of Cooper Union
 * 2013-01-21 Aaron Swartz, Financial Fraud, and the Justice Department
 * 2013-01-22 How academia betrayed and continues to betray Aaron Swartz
 * 2013-01-23 Why Did the Justice System Target Aaron Swartz?
 * 2013-01-24
 * video: Aaron Swartz Memorial at the Internet Archive: Part 1, Part 2 (open mic)
 * Prosecutorial Excess: A Pattern of Abuse
 * 2013-01-26 Dispatch & Pics: Anonymous Rallies for Aaron Swartz in Boston, Declares War on Department of Justice
 * 2013-01-31 How MIT Can Honor Aaron Swartz: Fight to make academic journals open to everyone.
 * 2013-02-04 Why Aaron Died by TarenSK: it wasn't depression, it was oppression
 * 2013-02-19 Lessig on 'Aaron's Laws - Law and Justice in a Digital Age' (video)
 * 2013-02-23 DOJ Admits It Had To Put Aaron Swartz In Jail To Save Face Over The Arrest
 * 2013-02-28 The Brilliant Life and Tragic Death of Aaron Swartz
 * 2013-03-24 Wikileaks Was Just a Preview: We’re Headed for an Even Bigger Showdown Over Secrets by Matt Taibbi
 * 2013-03-03 Life Inside the Aaron Swartz Investigation - includes a lot of details about the rights violations that are a legally-mandated part of federal investigations
 * 2013-03-08 Aaron Swartz's Partner Accuses DOJ Of Lying, Seizing Evidence Without A Warrant & Withholding Exculpatory Evidence "Holder claims that Aaron was only facing months in prison while Heymann and Ortiz were actively pursuing a penalty of 7 years if the case went to trial. ... Steve Heymann engaged in serious prosecutorial misconduct on multiple occasions. Public documents show that he instructed the Secret Service to seize and hold evidence without a warrant, violating the Fourth Amendment. He then lied to the judge about that fact in written briefs. And he withheld exculpatory evidence from Aaron's lawyers for over a year, despite both a legal and ethical obligation to turn it over."
 * 2013-03-09 How to remember Aaron Swartz
 * 2013-03-13 Aaron Swartz Lawyers Seek Misconduct Review Against Prosecutor
 * 2013-03-15 Aaron Swartz’s Lawyers Accuse Prosecutors of Misconduct; Help the Next Aaron By Reforming the CFAA
 * 2013-03-24 Three Things You May Not Get About the Aaron Swartz Case
 * 05-01 Sai comments
 * 2013-03-27
 * Congress’ New CFAA Draft Could Have Put Aaron Swartz in Jail For Decades Longer Than the Original Charges
 * Entire library journal editorial board resigns, citing 'crisis of conscience' after death of Aaron Swartz
 * 2013-04-02 Swartz death inspires expanded effort to liberate paywalled court docs - RECAP service
 * 2013-08-04 Prosecutor Stephen Heymann told MIT that Aaron Swartz was like a rapist who blames his victim

projects about

 * https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-united-states-district-attorney-carmen-ortiz-office-overreach-case-aaron-swartz/RQNrG1Ck
 * http://rememberaaronsw.com/ redirects to http://rememberaaronsw.tumblr.com/
 * http://www.fixthecfaa.com/