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===JSTOR Charges===

===JSTOR Charges===

On July 19, 2011, Aaron Swartz was charged by Carmen Ortiz (a United States attorney), for wire fraud, computer fraud, unlawfully accessing a protected computer, and recklessly damaging a protected computer (JSTOR declined to pursue the case <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html?_r=0 Internet Activist, a Creator of RSS, Is Dead at 26, .]</ref>). This was due to Swartz attaching a laptop computer, to the MIT network, and using it's internal LAN to download a large number of papers, with the intent of making it available on publicly accessible websites, such as [[The Pirate Bay]]. The government prosecution argued that what Swartz did was indeed stealing.

On July 19, 2011, Aaron Swartz was charged by Carmen Ortiz (a United States attorney), for wire fraud, computer fraud, unlawfully accessing a protected computer, and recklessly damaging a protected computer (JSTOR declined to pursue the case <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html?_r=0 Internet Activist, a Creator of RSS, Is Dead at 26, .]</ref>). This was due to Swartz attaching a laptop computer, to the MIT network, and using it's internal LAN to download a large number of papers, with the intent of making it available on publicly accessible websites, such as [[The Pirate Bay]]. The government prosecution argued that what Swartz did was indeed stealing.

{{cquote|stealing is stealing, whether you use a computer command or a crowbar, and whether you take documents, data or dollars.|Carmen Otiz, federal prosecutor}}

{{cquote|Stealing is stealing, whether you use a computer command or a crowbar, and whether you take documents, data or dollars.|Carmen Otiz, federal prosecutor}}

At trial, he faced a total of 35 years imprisonment. <ref>http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/01/13/the-brilliant-mind-righteous-heart-of-aaron-swartz-will-be-missed/</ref>

At trial, he faced a total of 35 years imprisonment. <ref>http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/01/13/the-brilliant-mind-righteous-heart-of-aaron-swartz-will-be-missed/</ref>