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Originally Posted by Ha Ha Ha

Schwartz connected a laptop to an MIT computer closet, through which he was able to access a database and downloaded files from, mostly journals, periodicals, primary source materials, vast amounts of knowledge which he believed are documents that belong to the public. (Most would agree, but few libraries and even huge universities have the resources to store this amount of material. Instead they all pay a fee to this database which allows them to access these files. I remember using JSTOR all the time when I was in college) He would then take his laptop home, copy the files, and go back for more.

Both and MIT and JSTOR (the actual database owners) declined to press any charges against Schwartz.

The Department of Justice did not share this point of view. He was facing life in prison essentially if he'd been convicted on just 2 of the 59 counts he was charged with by the DOJ.

Violent rapists, child murderers, drug traffickers, pedofiles face less serious consequences than this person did.

I praise the work of Anonymous.

Just stop, he was offered a plea deal of 4 months in jail.