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minus-squareBruhh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoIf I remember correctly, it wasn’t even illegal since these scientific articles should have been public to begin with because they used public funds.
minus-squareSparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoThat may be so, but IIRC he was charged with breaking into MIT’s networking room and illegally tapping into their network to get the articles: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2261840/Aaron-Swartz-MIT-surveillance-shot-ruined-tragic-Reddit-founders-life.html
If I remember correctly, it wasn’t even illegal since these scientific articles should have been public to begin with because they used public funds.
That may be so, but IIRC he was charged with breaking into MIT’s networking room and illegally tapping into their network to get the articles:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2261840/Aaron-Swartz-MIT-surveillance-shot-ruined-tragic-Reddit-founders-life.html