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I sincerely ask that you do not trivialize what happened to Aaron Swartz by linking what happened to him to any criminal actions on his part. He did nothing wrong.


That’s precisely the point.

If his non-wrong acts could be criminally prosecuted like that, this case - intentional damage! - is even riskier.




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