Before there was Aaron Swartz, there was David LaMacchia(bostonglobe.com)

Before there was Aaron Swartz, there was David LaMacchia

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/29/when-judgment-rewarded/2SdShgNQhA6FtgbkYS8aAP/story.html

2 comments

danso13년 전

Non pay wall link http://epaper.bostonglobe.com/epaper/iphone/homepage.aspx#_a...

Few points of interest:

Steve Heymnann was the prosecutor

Lamacchio offered Swartz advice but never heard back

erik75713년 전

Interesting article - but it would have been nice if the Globe had more clearly explained the distinctions between making academic papers available for free, vs. making commercial software like Microsoft Excel or SimCity available free - a lot of readers will come away with the wrong idea there. Aside from the prosecutor and the venue, these cases really aren't very similar.