<![CDATA[And he was essentially murdered by MIT, the US government, and the copyright industry at age 26 for attempting to liberate academic knowledge.]]>RE: https://hachyderm.io/@nathandyer/116553199114385177

And he was essentially murdered by MIT, the US government, and the copyright industry at age 26 for attempting to liberate academic knowledge.

Meanwhile, folks wholesale downloading the Internet today are heralded as the new captains of industry.

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(Lovely Fedi people, y'all are actually not who I am talking about. I wish more tech folks were like the lovely folks here.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.alittlenook.net/users/trashpanda/statuses/116556488432610874https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.alittlenook.net/users/trashpanda/statuses/116556488432610874Mon, 11 May 2026 14:47:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And he was essentially murdered by MIT, the US government, and the copyright industry at age 26 for attempting to liberate academic knowledge. on Mon, 11 May 2026 14:31:11 GMT]]>@aral So tragic what happened to Swartz. While he took his own life, it's not difficult to imagine how he felt his choices had been deliberately narrowed down to that one option. As you say, from an ethical perspective that's "effective" murder even if not a concept recognised in law.

Those who did it to him knew exactly what they were doing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/ApostateEnglishman/statuses/116556422932221621https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/ApostateEnglishman/statuses/116556422932221621Mon, 11 May 2026 14:31:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And he was essentially murdered by MIT, the US government, and the copyright industry at age 26 for attempting to liberate academic knowledge. on Mon, 11 May 2026 14:07:20 GMT]]>@aral Tbh I don't know. Since the seizure I've got about a 10 minute window before new information gets totally wiped 😂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/ap/users/116544270994105142/statuses/116556329169155968https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/ap/users/116544270994105142/statuses/116556329169155968Mon, 11 May 2026 14:07:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And he was essentially murdered by MIT, the US government, and the copyright industry at age 26 for attempting to liberate academic knowledge. on Mon, 11 May 2026 14:01:19 GMT]]>@MiasAlt Yep. Though I remember reading about that earlier. Did they do it again?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116556305488102601https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116556305488102601Mon, 11 May 2026 14:01:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And he was essentially murdered by MIT, the US government, and the copyright industry at age 26 for attempting to liberate academic knowledge. on Mon, 11 May 2026 12:40:47 GMT]]>@aral sci-hub has an AI chatbot now, so you can ask about science. Not the very latest I read, but still..

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/wroof/statuses/116555988829464763https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/wroof/statuses/116555988829464763Mon, 11 May 2026 12:40:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And he was essentially murdered by MIT, the US government, and the copyright industry at age 26 for attempting to liberate academic knowledge. on Mon, 11 May 2026 12:24:13 GMT]]>@aral yes yes, but they do it to further their own interests, not that of the many so that's obviously better. /s

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/greenWhale/statuses/116555923680186805https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/greenWhale/statuses/116555923680186805Mon, 11 May 2026 12:24:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And he was essentially murdered by MIT, the US government, and the copyright industry at age 26 for attempting to liberate academic knowledge. on Mon, 11 May 2026 12:20:46 GMT]]>@aral On a related note, did you see that story last week about Anthropic buying up thousands of rare books, digitising them and then burning the original paper copies?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/ap/users/116544270994105142/statuses/116555910130219989https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/ap/users/116544270994105142/statuses/116555910130219989Mon, 11 May 2026 12:20:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And he was essentially murdered by MIT, the US government, and the copyright industry at age 26 for attempting to liberate academic knowledge. on Mon, 11 May 2026 12:20:11 GMT]]>So maybe a good place to start is to introspect our communities to ensure that they’re places where people of all ages, etc., are welcome even if they have a conscience, a functional moral compass, and a sense of ethics. Because, these days, that’s very much not a given.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116555907794545649https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116555907794545649Mon, 11 May 2026 12:20:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And he was essentially murdered by MIT, the US government, and the copyright industry at age 26 for attempting to liberate academic knowledge. on Mon, 11 May 2026 12:17:15 GMT]]>@aral@mastodon.ar.al
As always the money to hire lawyers to shill for you trumps justice.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plasmatrap.com/notes/am4qdwhhodhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plasmatrap.com/notes/am4qdwhhodMon, 11 May 2026 12:17:15 GMT