Computer whiz kid Aaron, watts, help develop RSS and jointly founded bookmarks trade, has been found dead weeks ago, he is in the federal court, sin he stole the millions of academic articles, in an attempt to make them free to provide to the public.
Hogwarts,, 26, in his apartment in brooklyn commit suicide by hanging suicide, his family said in a statement that, on Saturday. He was declared dead Friday night at home near the crown heights, New York's chief medical examiner, Borakove, spokesman Alan said.
As a young teenager, hogwarts, help families create RSS, used to collect to update my blog, news headlines, audio and video for the user's Web feed format. He co-founded social news website bookmark deal, then sold to the peace, and accept an political action group needs progress, the Internet censorship activities.
A keen advocate of online public access, hogwarts on Saturday, praise those who believe that like him. He "special hackers and activists," the electronic frontier foundation, an international non-profit digital copyright headquarters in California in the page wrote in the museum.
Karl Malawi muhammad, the Internet public domain advocates think, in the free use legally acquired file "honorary brave and wise men play Mozart's" lullaby ", "chirps.
Obviously hogwarts, struggling with depression, written in 2007 blog article: "of course there is a period of time, when you are sad, maybe you or your plan a terrible mistake... you feel worthless beloved people abandon. Depressed mood is the same, but it is not for any reason, it won't go anywhere."
Watts family, in a statement, not only expressed grief, his death, but the pain to the pursuit of him in Massachusetts federal prosecutors.
"Aaron's death was not simply a tragedy, it is a criminal justice system products full of threats and procuratorial beyond" view, his family and his girlfriend said.
Harvard University law school professor Lawrence rice lattice, the teacher savian las watts was once a guy, director of the center for ethics, wrote: "we need a better sense of justice... the government needs to answer questions, that is why it is very necessary, alon hogwarts, be labeled as" criminals. "
The United States federal prosecutors Carmen · ORR di in Boston, unable to comment. Before this, she said, "steal is stolen, no matter you use computer command or crowbar, whether you need to file, data or dollars," the New York times "said on Saturday.
Former Massachusetts, hogwarts, auxiliary Malawi muhammad in his efforts to the federal court issued documents, rather than a few cents, each page free online through its electronic files, PACER government charges. Hogwarts, in 2008 wrote a program, through the public library free use legal download files, according to the New York times ". About 20% of all court documents, until the government closed library access.
The federal bureau of investigation (FBI) investigation, but no charge, watts, in his own website says.
Three years later, hogwarts, was arrested in Boston. The federal government accused hogwarts at the Massachusetts institute of technology, the use of the technology of computer network steal nearly 50000 academic papers. JSTOR, by the Massachusetts institute of technology's subscription service, provide more than 1000 academic journals from digital paper copy, bill of indictment charges hogwarts, stole the documents.
Prosecutors say, hogwarts, broke into the Massachusetts institute of technology system in November 2010 after break up to computer wiring tank in campus. Prosecutors say he is going to distribute file sharing site on the articles.
JSTOR not to charge, from hogwarts, recovery of the article, and some legal experts say no according to circumstances, said, Massachusetts institute of technology allow guests visit, articles and watts, in harvard savian la ethics center researcher, a guest.
Experts about arrested, and that, he was accused of hogwarts PACER program behavior, the result is the same: more information publicly.
"Charged" is meaningless, demand schedule executive director David siegel time said in a statement. "It's like trying to put in jail, suspicion of check outbound book too much."
Hogwarts, face felony charges, including web site in violation of the terms of use, and going to share the downloaded file, through the peer network, computer fraud, telecom fraud, protected computer access to information and criminal confiscation.
He didn't admit to control crime. He federal trial next month. If convicted, he is faced with dozens of years of imprisonment and huge fines.
JSTOR's announcement this week that it will make more than 4.5 million articles "open free.



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