Birdwatch Note Rating
2025-06-29 05:05:31 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0FF7706018EC072B63DD78D9A19F309D1C849FDBF1D14ABA3D3EF5C239E6FF77
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Original Note:
Aaron Swartz's charges were criminal, not civil; thus JSTOR did not and could not have "pursued" charges against Swartz. According to Swartz's attorney Marty Weinberg, JSTOR even supported a plea deal that would have given Swartz no jail time. https://web.archive.org/web/20130117062007/http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/15/humanity-deficit/bj8oThPDwzgxBSHQt3tyKI/story.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz
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