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September 19, 2012 07:18 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/gS_mlBf1Zlk/feds-charge-open-data-activist.html
Feds charge open data activist with 13 felonies for downloading academic articles
Wired reports that Federal prosectors have added nine additional felony counts against coder, freedom of information activist, and early Reddit employee (or Reddit co-founder, depending on who you ask) Aaron Swartz. Last year, he was charged with breaking hacking laws "by downloading millions of academic articles from a subscription database via an open connection at [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/gS_mlBf1Zlk/feds-charge-open-data-activist.html
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