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    Mar 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Aaron Swartz is gone, but his story refuses to go away. Why?

    By now, Web users should know about Aaron Swartz, because it's getting hard not to hear about him.
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    By now, Web users should know about Aaron Swartz, because it's getting hard not to hear about him. The 26-year-old computer prodigy helped develop RSS and Reddit; he was also a folk hero to the open Web movement, which argues for greater information...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Justice System, U.S. Senate, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice

    2. Jan 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. U.S. House watchdogs want explanation of Aaron Swartz prosecution

    Two of Congress' top watchdogs have asked the Justice Department to explain its prosecution of Aaron Swartz, a popular hacktivist who committed suicide Jan. 11.
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    Two of Congress' top watchdogs have asked the Justice Department to explain its prosecution of Aaron Swartz, a popular hacktivist who committed suicide Jan. 11. Swartz, 26, was facing the possibility of years in prison for downloading millions of...

    Tags: Reddit Inc., U.S. Department of Justice, Justice System, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice

    3. Jan 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Aaron Swartz dies at 26; Internet folk hero founded Reddit

    Aaron Swartz, who co-founded <a href="http://www.reddit.com/">Reddit</a> and became an Internet folk hero for fighting to make online content free to the public, committed suicide Friday. He was 26.
    Aaron Swartz, who co-founded Reddit and became an Internet folk hero for fighting to make online content free to the public, committed suicide Friday. He was 26. Swartz hanged himself in his Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment, said a statement released by his...

    Tags: Reddit Inc., Science, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Justice System, Lawyers

    4. Feb 6, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  4. Congress' horse-and-buggy computer laws

    As martyrs go, Aaron Swartz was an extraordinary example of the breed. A computer programming genius, he had helped develop the social networking site Reddit and became known as a leading advocate for easy and free information sharing on the Web.
    As martyrs go, Aaron Swartz was an extraordinary example of the breed. A computer programming genius, he had helped develop the social networking site Reddit and became known as a leading advocate for easy and free information sharing on the Web. When...

    Tags: Reddit Inc., Criminals, Career and Workplace, Judges, Trials

    5. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Aaron Swartz's suicide continues to ripple through Congress

    Aaron Swartz may change the Internet yet again, even in death, with the help of lawmakers who have expressed a fondness for breaking the law.
    Aaron Swartz may change the Internet yet again, even in death, with the help of lawmakers who have expressed a fondness for breaking the law. At a Washington, D.C., memorial Monday night, members of Congress and loved ones gathered to remember Swartz,...

    Tags: Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, Judges, Alan Grayson, Jared Polis

    6. Jan 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. 'Anonymous' hacks government site to protest hacktivist's death

    A collective of hackers known as Anonymous commandeered a Department of Justice website Saturday to protest what it called the harsh treatment by government prosecutors of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide this month.
    A collective of hackers known as Anonymous commandeered a Department of Justice website Saturday to protest what it called the harsh treatment by government prosecutors of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide this month. The hackers...

    Tags: Reddit Inc., Anonymous (internet groups), Justice System, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice

    7. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. After Jody Sherman death, tech community seeks dialogue on suicide

    Silicon Beach is mourning the death of entrepreneur and Ecomom co-founder Jody Sherman this week. Sherman, 47, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.
    Silicon Beach is mourning the death of entrepreneur and Ecomom co-founder Jody Sherman this week. Sherman, 47, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said. Since his death Monday, several L.A. tech bloggers, friends and venture capitalists...

    Tags: Media Industry, Suicide, Computer Networking and Internet, Social Media

    8. Jan 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. The pushback against Aaron Swartz misses the point

    Aaron Swartz may be a galvanizing figure for Internet activists, but his exploits didn't exactly make him popular among copyright holders. In fact, the tributes to Swartz, who committed suicide last week while awaiting trial on computer fraud charges, have started drawing blowback from the defenders of strong copyrights, who argue that Swartz's efforts to "liberate" documents locked behind paywalls was nothing more than theft.
    Aaron Swartz may be a galvanizing figure for Internet activists, but his exploits didn't exactly make him popular among copyright holders. In fact, the tributes to Swartz, who committed suicide last week while awaiting trial on computer fraud charges,...

    Tags: Zoe Lofgren, Newspaper and Magazine, Media Industry, The Wall Street Journal, Justice System

    9. May 14, 2013 |Story| Associated Press

  9. Federal judge: MIT can black out some names, information in documents related to Swartz case

    AP Legal Affairs Writer
    BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology can black out the names of university officials when releasing documents related to the investigation into free-information activist Aaron Swartz, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District...

    Tags: Trials, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Judges, Health and Safety at School

    10. Jan 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Aaron Swartz: North Shore teachers recall Internet prodigy

    Many people in Highland Park, where Aaron Swartz was raised, continue to struggle with his suicide at age 26 earlier this month as he faced federal prosecution for downloading millions of academic articles without authorization.
    Many people in Highland Park, where Aaron Swartz was raised, continue to struggle with his suicide at age 26 earlier this month as he faced federal prosecution for downloading millions of academic articles without authorization. "He was challenging in...

    Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Reddit Inc., Teaching and Learning, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Fiction

    11. Jan 17, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Free research! Swartz's cause lives on

    Research wants to be free.
    Research wants to be free. Not free to perform. Quality academic research requires the sustained efforts of well-paid personnel and, at times, the use of expensive equipment. Not free to archive. Storing the results and analysis of peer-reviewed...

    Tags: Research, Newspaper and Magazine, Consumer Confidence, Media Industry, Libraries

    12. Jan 14, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  12. Webliography: Research wants to be free

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    UPDATED TUESDAY MORNING The public directly and indirectly subsidizes an awful lot of academic research on the theory that knowledge is an important public good. So the public should have access to it! We should be able to arrange the......
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