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Bookmark or Share- ELI5: Who was Aaron Swartz and what is the controversy over ... - RedditSo what happened is that Aaron got in trouble with JSTOR, the library, and with MIT, who is pretty much the librarian. Eventually, JSTOR decided they didn't think Aaron did anything wrong, and didn't want to try anymore. MIT was a little slower though, and didn't say much. Then the US Attorney's office came in.
- r/pics on Reddit: Aaron Swartz, the co-founder of reddit, past away ...Aaron Swartz was slapped with over a dozen felonies carrying a sentence of 35 to 50 years and a $1 million fine. Feds treated him like a terrorist, an enemy of the state and a spy. They terrorized him and his family and posted up outside his house.
- Eli5: What was Aaron Swartz’”plan”? : r/explainlikeimfive - RedditAaron Swartz was one of the people fighting to prevent the internet from becoming what it became and at the time the hope was that the rest of the world would follow suite. Media would be shared freely because attempting to monetize or control IP and information was too difficult. The PEOPLE would win.
- Why is Aaron Swartz not listed as one of the founders of ... - RedditAaron Swartz's Wikipedia page contains the following note: Swartz has been identified as a cofounder of Reddit, but the title is a source of controversy. With the merger of Infogami and Reddit, Swartz became a co-owner and director of parent company Not A Bug, Inc., along with Reddit cofounders Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian.
- What's up with Aaron Swartz and why is he considered a hero?Aaron believed that was wrong. He believed that JSTOR was profiting off of a middle man position it created that was unnecessary in the digital age. So he set up his computer at MIT to download a bunch of articles with the intent (I believe he was actually successful) to host them for free elsewhere on the web.
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