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2023-12-06 15:12:52 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 93F5382BC2301DCC6337ECEF3A2B4311F8FDEA88923CC9C84EF229388EC0316D
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JSTOR settled out of court with Swartz and did not pursue a civil lawsuit against him, but the US attorney pursued criminal charges. After rejecting a plea deal and having his counter offer rejected, he hanged himself. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz https://docs.jstor.org/ https://docs.jstor.org/jstor-statement-misuse-incident-and-criminal-case.html
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