Jstor articles

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  Article

  EU broadens access to publicly funded scientific research

  By T.C. Sottek on March 19, 2013 11:04 am + 2 comments

  Critics of gated academic and research communities have long sought for more open-access to Continue reading…

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  Article

  White House says government-funded research should be more public, but critics want more

  By Carl Franzen on February 22, 2013 06:44 pm + 23 comments

  Research paid for by taxpayers should be free and open to the public. That basic concept is behind a Continue reading…

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  Feature

  Memory to myth: tracing Aaron Swartz through the 21st century

  By Tim Carmody on January 22, 2013 12:30 pm + 79 comments

  I met Aaron Swartz in Cambridge shortly after he’d been indicted for downloading lots of JSTOR Continue reading…

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  Feature

  After Aaron: how an antiquated law enables the government's war on hackers, activists, and you

  By Joshua Kopstein on January 18, 2013 11:00 am + 218 comments

  Photo Credit: Daniel J. Sieradski One day back in the early 1970s, two young computer miscreants Continue reading…

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  Article

  Aaron Swartz's embattled prosecuting attorney releases first statement, says conduct was 'appropriate'

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 16, 2013 11:46 pm + 167 comments

  US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz is breaking the silence on her office’s prosecution of Aaron Swartz. Continue reading…

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  Article

  Rep. Darrell Issa investigating whether prosecutors 'threw the book' at Aaron Swartz

  By Adi Robertson on January 16, 2013 05:27 pm + 49 comments

  US Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) has said he is investigating whether prosecutors were Continue reading…

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  Congresswoman proposes amendment to anti-hacking law in the wake of Aaron Swartz's death

  By Joshua Kopstein on January 15, 2013 10:54 pm + 98 comments

  Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California has appeared on Reddit to propose "Aaron's Law," a new bill that Continue reading…

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  Article

  Anonymous replaces MIT websites with Aaron Swartz memorial, calls for copyright reform

  By Joshua Kopstein on January 14, 2013 02:23 am + 114 comments

  Agents of the formless hacktivist collective Anonymous have left a political message on at least two Continue reading…

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  MIT announces internal investigation into its role in Aaron Swartz's prosecution

  By Tim Carmody on January 13, 2013 05:30 pm + 107 comments

  On Sunday, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a statement on the untimely death of Continue reading…

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  Academics share copyrighted journal articles on Twitter to honor Aaron Swartz

  By Laura June on January 13, 2013 02:51 pm + 40 comments

  This morning, hundreds of links to copyright-protected journal articles have appeared on Twitter in Continue reading…