The internet’s own boy: the story of Aaron Swartz [video]
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#2Just the video, embedded from youtube.
Here's the official site of the movie: http://www.takepart.com/internets-own-boy
Definitively a movie anyone using the internet should watch. I cried.
Re: The internet’s own boy: the story of Aaron Swartz [video]
#3This time can we please skip the obligatory mega-thread about if Aaron was or wasn't a True Founder of Reddit?
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#4I cried as if he were our own boy.
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#5I saw it and recommend it. It gives some insight into Aaron's life and legal situation.
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#6They were doing exactly the same thing as him (and worse) but they killed him.
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#7The people who could not find their way to some thoughtfulness and restraint and stop an insanely inappropriate and disproportionate legal travesty should lose their jobs and be driven out of their professions.
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#8The people who could not find their way to some thoughtfulness and restraint and stop an insanely inappropriate and disproportionate legal travesty should lose their jobs and be driven out of their professions.
We should resume who did what:
* Massachusetts US Attorney Carmen Ortiz pushed for the prosecution
* MIT (can we be more specific?) did nothing to stop the prosecution (to say the least)
Please, continue...
Re: The internet’s own boy: the story of Aaron Swartz [video]
#9"tragic story"
Re: The internet’s own boy: the story of Aaron Swartz [video]
#10Just the video, embedded from youtube. Here's the official site of the movie: http://www.takepart.com/internets-own-boy Definitively a movie anyone using the internet should watch. I cried.
The part (59mn) where his former girlfriend confesses she's still angry, angry at a system that tries to trap you and turn everything against you and ruin your life... is devastating.