“Two years before the MIT incident, the FBI launched an investigation after Swartz released a trove of US federal court documents online that are usually only accessible at a fee through the government’s Public Access to Court Electronic Records, or PACER.  In 2008, that fee was eight cents per page.  In less than three weeks, he managed to download more than 18 million pages with an estimated value of $1.5 million to his home in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.  Swartz had pleaded not guilty to charges of computer fraud, wire fraud and other crimes carrying a maximum sentence of 35 years in prison and a $1 million fine.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/13/activists-and-family-blame-suicide-of-aaron-swartz-on-overzealous-prosecution/

Did you like this?
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin

Donate via Installed Wallet Copy