Aaron's Law
"We should prevent what happened to Aaron from happening to other Internet users," Rep. Zoe Lofgren announced today on Reddit. "I'm introducing 'Aaron's Law' to change the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act...
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Towards Learning from Losing Aaron Swartz
Jennifer Granick: "Towards Learning from Losing Aaron Swartz." Over the weekend, I learned that Aaron Swartz had taken his own life. I cried, and am still crying, for him, his family, for the close...
View ArticleGreenwald: Carmen Ortiz and Stephen Heymann must be held accountable for...
"As more facts emerge regarding the conduct of the federal prosecutors in the case of Aaron Swartz - Massachusetts' US attorney Carmen Ortiz and assistant US attorney Stephen Heymann," writes Glenn...
View ArticleClay Shirky: "Remembering Aaron by taking care of each other"
Author and NYU professor Clay Shirky writes about one of the imperatives he believes the death of Aaron Swartz should bring to life: "We need to take care of the people in our community who are...
View ArticleAaron Swartz didn't face prison until Feds, led by Ortiz, jumped on case
Declan McCullagh writes at CNET News: "State prosecutors who investigated the late Aaron Swartz had planned to let him off with a stern warning, but federal prosecutor Carmen Ortiz took over and chose...
View ArticleZoe Lofgren and Ron Wyden formally introduce Aaron's Law, a CFAA reform bill
"Aaron Swartz was not the first or the last victim of overzealous prosecution under the CFAA," write Democratic Representative from California Zoe Lofgren and Ron Wyden, a Democratic Senator from...
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MIT report after Aaron Swartz's suicide clears MIT of any wrongdoing
Aaron Swartz. Photo: Reuters.John Schwartz at the New York Times: "A long-awaited report released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that the university made mistakes but...
View ArticleAaron Swartz was no criminal
I am a lawyer in San Francisco with a firm called Keker & Van Nest. I was one of Aaron's lawyers in his criminal case, in 2012 and early 2013. I didn’t know Aaron that well, and our interactions...
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To do in LA: screening and Q&A with director of Aaron Swartz doc, "The...
If you're in Los Angeles this evening, please join me at a special screening of the documentary about the late Aaron Swartz, "The Internet's Own Boy." The film has been shortlisted for an Academy...
View ArticleRemembering Aaron Swartz with action: watch new, unreleased footage from...
Activist, developer, and good human being Aaron Swartz died two years ago this week, after being hounded by prosecutors in a bizarre, senseless, unjust federal case that threatened him with total loss...
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Yo! Your Honor! A Response to the Chief Justice
BOING BOING IN THE UNITED STATES COURTOF APPEALS FOR PUBLIC OPINIONIn re: The PACER System Carl Malamud, Public.Resource.Org MEMORANDUM of LAW A National Strategy of Litigation, Supplication, and...
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How to honor Aaron Swartz’s life
Today is two years and a day after the suicide of Aaron Swartz. Aaron was one of my closest friends. That night was the worst of my life. In the weeks and months that followed, many of his friends and...
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Great Battles covers 30 important battles of the western world
Great Battles is a selection of 30 of the most important battles of the western world, from the ancient Greeks to more contemporary conflicts, organized chronologically into three sections (Age of...
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Chelsea Manning's statement for Aaron Swartz Day 2015
Lisa Rein writes, "Chelsea Manning prepared a statement for this year's "Aaron Swartz Day Celebration of Hackers and Whistleblowers That Make The World A Better Place" that took place at the Internet...
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Truth and Power: New TV series on ordinary people exposing corruption from...
Today on KCRW's Press Play, a daily news program to which I'm a contributor, host Madeleine Brand spoke to filmmaker Brian Knappenberger about his new documentary TV series Truth and Power. Audio of...
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Custom orthodontic retainer to give better blowjobs
Former dentist Kuang-Yi Ku created a prototype orthodontic retainer designed to improve the fellatio experience for the wearer's partner. After practicing dentistry for six years, Ku is now a student...
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