Aaron Swartz. Lawrence Lessig and Aaron Swartz. Lessig Blog, v2. "An Incredible Soul": Larry Lessig Remembers Aaron Swartz After Cyberactivist’s Suicide Before Trial; Parents Blame Prosecutor. This is a rush transcript.
Copy may not be in its final form. Larissa MacFarquhar: The Tragedy of Aaron Swartz. HE COULD NOT deal with people talking about him.
It’s taken me some time since he died to get used to talking about him because I was under such strict instructions not to. But he fucked up something really major. He made a really dumb, bad decision. And it’s my right now to ignore all the other things that I thought were dumb, too. Maybe if I hadn’t felt I couldn’t talk about him to other people this wouldn’t have happened. Aaron Swartz. Aaron Hillel Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer and Internet hacktivist who was involved in the development of the web feed format RSS[3] and the Markdown publishing format,[4] the organization Creative Commons,[5] the website framework web.py[6] and the social news site, Reddit, in which he became a partner after its merger with his company, Infogami.
[i] He committed suicide while under federal indictment for data-theft, a prosecution that was characterized by his family as being "the product of a criminal-justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach".[7] Swartz's work also focused on sociology, civic awareness and activism.[8][9] He helped launch the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in 2009 to learn more about effective online activism.
Swartz declined a plea bargain under which he would have served six months in federal prison. Life and works[edit] W3C[edit] Le documentaire dédié à Aaron Swartz sur BitTorrent, légalement. Depuis vendredi, il est possible de visionner le documentaire dédié à Aaron Swartz, intitulé The Internet's Own Boy ("le rejeton du net").
Disponible sur quelques plateformes de vidéos à la demande, le film est pour l'instant limité aux internautes se connectant depuis les États-Unis ou le Canada. Cette restriction géographique doit toutefois disparaître bientôt, sur les responsables du projet. En attendant le déblocage, il est toutefois envisageable de voir ce documentaire ailleurs. Et encore une fois, les réseaux peer-to-peer apportent une solution bien commode, puisque le film est par exemple référencé sur le site de liens The Pirate Bay, en toute légalité. Rappelons en effet que la licence utilisée pour le documentaire est le contrat Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0.
"Nous avons décidé, dans un esprit de libre accès, de partager le film numériquement à travers la licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d’Utilisation Commerciale - Partage dans les Mêmes Conditions 3.0. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz. How Aaron Swartz helped build the Internet.
Aaron Swartz, young Internet innovator, committed suicide Friday Swartz helped create RSS, founded company that later merged with Reddit Analyst: Swartz's biggest impact may have been his activism for Web openness "We lost a really important person," Christopher Soghoian says (CNN) -- Aaron Swartz helped create the Internet. Maybe not the Internet foundations of ARPANET and TCP/IP and Mosaic, the codes and packets and standards on which the whole thing is based.
But he was a factor in fashioning some of the Web's upper floors. With his contributions to RSS coding and the Web application framework, Swartz made some of today's more expansive Internet possible. But what Swartz also helped create was a philosophy of the Internet, one that remains the subject of great controversy almost 20 years into its life: the libertarian idea that information wants to be free.
Remove United States District Attorney Carmen Ortiz from office for overreach in the case of Aaron Swartz. Hackers Deface Entire MIT Website in Aaron Swartz Suicide Revenge Attack (Updated: Hackers Speak) Guerilla Open Access Manifesto : Aaron Swartz. Is there the future for sharing with the books collobaratively by paying for one copy for one time?
It’s sounds utopian, it is. Just imagine this scenario of our future for paying to read a book one time by one person. And there would be one place where this person will have a platform to sharing with this one copy anonymously or publicly as a author of. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. Three days ago I released a concept page of that was barely an idea a couple month ago - thepiratebooks.org. Family of Aaron Swartz Blame MIT and State's Attorney for His Suicide - Mike Isaac. Aaron Swartz in 2008, with former Red Hat CEO Bob Young in the background (CreativeCommons) Update 7:49 PT: Added comment from JSTOR.
The family and friends of Aaron Swartz — the famed Internet hacktivist who took his own life on Friday at the age of 26 — released a public statement on Saturday, placing some of the blame for Swartz’s suicide on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as the U.S. Attorney’s office. “Aaron’s death is not simply a personal tragedy. It is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach,” the statement read. Aaron Swartz, Internet Activist, Dies at 26. Aaron Swartz & the Dark Side of Movement Building — Collective Agency. For the better part of a decade, I worked tirelessly to end the War on Drugs.
I quickly found myself as a leader of a burgeoning movement, and within just a few short years, my organization recruited and trained thousands of incredible activists the world over. We changed several state and federal laws, while shifting public opinion in the direction of justice. It was exhilarating. Although the organization was beautifully decentralized, collective attention often has a habit of narrowing its focus on individuals. Our brains just aren't trained to see networks; we're trained to see leaders. So when I burnt out, I burned on a massive stage of my own creation. The following weeks were filled with suicidal thoughts. Thankfully, with the help of close friends, I weathered the storm. And I'm so glad that I did. It has not been easy, but that humbling experience catalyzed a lot of learning and growth. Aaron Swartz’s Unbending Prosecutors Insisted on Prison Time.
The Neville Brothers were formed by the hard life and hard times, but they are also heirs to America’s richest musical tradition: the aural gumbo of New Orleans.
As New Orleans Jazz fest kicks off here’s John Ed Bradley’s 1991 GQ profile on the Neville Brothers. The Neville’s are a national treasure and this behind-the-scenes look lets us in on the men behind the magic. The subject is in good hands. Bradley is the author of six novels, including Tupelo Nights, as well as one of the finest sports memoirs ever written, It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium . Why the Net grieves Aaron Swartz. David Weinberger: With Aaron Swartz's suicide, something essential about the Net has diedHe says Swartz not just "hacker" but prescient prodigy who made huge contributionsHe says zealous prosecutors wanted to jail him, but he saw information as public goodWriter: Swartz embodied what is best about the Net -- sharing, connectedness, promise Editor's note: David Weinberger is a senior researcher at the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society and author of "Too Big to Know" (Basic Books).
(CNN) -- Four days after the death of Aaron Swartz, the digital innovator and blazing intellect, why are millions of strangers on the Internet still mourning as if some essential part of us has died? The answer is simple: It has. Aaron Swartz - a Fighter Against the Privatization of Knowledge. Aaron Swartz - We Can Change The World (10 min interview with SpunOut.ie) Aaron Swartz’s mentor Lessig remembers him as ‘an icon, an ideal’
By Arturo GarciaMonday, January 14, 2013 11:51 EDT A mentor to online activist Aaron Swartz remembered him on Monday in an emotional interview with Democracy Now anchor Amy Goodman.
“All of us think there are a thousand things we could have done,” Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig said. “A thousand things we could have done, and we have to do. Aaron Swartz. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. "An Incredible Soul": Lawrence Lessig on Aaron Swartz After Leading Cyberactivist's Suicide. 1 of 2.
Aaron Swartz. Remember Aaron Swartz. RIP, Aaron Swartz. Click for ongoing posts about Aaron, his memorial service, his death, and the malicious prosecution brought by the DoJ against him To the extent possible under law, Cory Doctorow has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to "RIP, Aaron Swartz. " Aaronsw. Jasmina Tesanovic at 3:35 am Tue, Apr 1, 2014 • 3 Recently I saw a movie on the life and death of Aaron Swartz, who is nowadays often called a martyr for the freedom of the Internet. People, nations and governments like martyrs. They love them, they need them. Martyrs are part of our bipolar, black and white society constructed from good and bad guys, who always do good and bad deeds.
Martyrs are those who have escaped our human condition, of being judged by people as people. Read the rest. Petition To Fire Aaron Swartz’ Prosecutor Reaches Goal. Early Tuesday morning, the petition to the U.S. Administration to fire Carmen Ortiz reached the prerequisite 25,000 signatures. Carmen Ortiz was the prosecutor that drove the prosecution against Aaron Swartz, which many mean contributed or led to his tragic suicide. The U.S. Administration, by its own rules, must now take the petition seriously and respond to it. The United States Administration has a means for citizens to directly petition them – 25,000 citizens need to sign a petition for the administration to act on it.