“People who support the state’s existence, its right to legislate, and, indeed, its legislated imposition of a copyright scheme, cannot blame copyright itself for tragedies like the Swartz case. Or Richard O’Dwyer, the British student facing extradition for having the wrong links on his site. Or the 37-year-old man imprisoned for 15 years for piracy. Or the Six Year Federal Prison Sentence for Copyright Infringement. Or the Man sentenced to federal prison for uploading ‘Wolverine’ movie. Or the potentially millions of dollars of statutory copyright liability faced by Jammie Thomas for sharing 24 songs. Or Kim dotcom’s arrest, in a raid by dozens of New Zealand police, orchestrated by the FBI. [..]”
http://c4sif.org/2013/01/the-tepid-mainstream-defenses-of-aaron-swartz/