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MIT Never Sought a Federal Prosecution of Aaron Swartz
Aug 2, 2013The Massachusetts Institute of Technology never sought a federal prosecution of Aaron Swartz, the programming prodigy who was charged with stealing millions of academic papers from an online archive at MIT, according to a report by the ...
Tags: software, Computer Products
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Computer Fraud Penalties Will Be Revamped by Aaron's Law
Jun 20, 2013Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill that would prevent the Department of Justice from prosecuting people for violating terms of service for Web-based products, website notices or employment agreements under the Computer Fraud and ...
Tags: Computer Fraud, Aaron's Law, CFAA
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NetChoice Takes Aim at State Legislation
May 20, 2013E-commerce trade group NetChoice takes aim at state legislation -- and at open access and privacy advocates -- in the newest list of bills it deems would be awful for the Internet. Topping NetChoice's latest iAWFUL (Internet Advocates' ...
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A Federal Court Has Modified a Protective Order
May 16, 2013A federal court has modified a protective order to allow disclosure of the court records of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, but ruled that names and other personal identifying information of those involved in his arrest and prosecution ...
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The U.S Government and Two Other Entities Involved in Investigations
Apr 3, 2013The U.S government and two other entities involved in investigations leading to the indictment of the late Internet activist Aaron Swartz have asked a federal court in Boston to redact the names of people involved in the case from documents ...
Tags: Computer Products
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Attorney General Eric Holder Defended The Role of The Prosecution
Mar 11, 2013U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder defended the role of the prosecution in the case of the late Internet activist and innovator Aaron Swartz, stating that "there was never an intention for him to go to jail for longer than a three, four, ...
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US Federal Reserve Has Confirmed Its Computer Systems Were Accessed by Hackers
Feb 18, 2013The US Federal Reserve has confirmed its computer systems were accessed by hackers but said the incident did not affect the central bank's "critical operations". The acknowledgement came days after the hacker group known as Anonymous ...
Tags: computer systems, Internet, computer
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U.S. Lawmakers Pledged to Rewrite an Antihacking Law
Feb 6, 2013Online activist Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide in January U.S. lawmakers recently pledged to rewrite an antihacking law as hundreds of people gathered in Washington, D.C., to mourn the death of Internet activist Aaron Swartz. ...
Tags: US, Politicians, Hacking Law
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Hackers Working Under The Anonymous Hacktivist Collective Hit a U.S. Government Website
Jan 29, 2013Hackers working under the name of the Anonymous hacktivist collective hit a U.S. government website on Saturday, replacing its home page with a 1,340 word text detailing its frustrations with the way the American legal system works and a ...
Tags: US Government, Threat, Anonymous Attack
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Anonymous Disabled US Sentencing Commission's Website for Death of Aaron Swartz
Jan 28, 2013Hacker group Anonymous said it had disabled the US Sentencing Commission's website in revenge for the death of internet freedom advocate Aaron Swartz, and vowed to release government data. The website of the commission, an independent ...
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The U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Has Been Criticized
Jan 21, 2013U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz said Wednesday that prosecutors recognized that there was no evidence against Internet activist Aaron Swartz that warranted severe punishment. The U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts has been criticized for her ...
Tags: Attorney Carmen M.Ortiz, Internet activist, Aaron Swartz
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A Draft Bill to Exclude Terms of Service Violations From The CFAA
Jan 15, 2013A draft bill to exclude terms of service violations from the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is to be introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The proposed amendment to the anti-hacking law comes in the wake of the suicide on ...
Tags: Computer Fraud Law Amendment, policy, Computer Products, Computer
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Aaron Swartz Has Been Found Dead in His Home in New York in an Apparent Suicide
Jan 14, 2013, the co-founder of popular website Reddit and the co-creator, in his teens, of the RSS syndication tool, has been found dead in his home in New York in an apparent suicide. The precocious programmer and internet activist had been due in ...
Tags: Aaron Swartz, Reddit, RSS syndication tool, suicide
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Swartz Was an Extraordinary Hacker and Activist Wrote in a Tribute
Jan 14, 2013Aaron Swartz, 26, hanged himself in his flat weeks before he was to go on trial on accusations that he stole millions of articles from an electronic archive to make them freely available. If convicted he faced decades in prison and a ...
Tags: electronic archive, Aaron Swartz, Electronic Frontier Foundation, hacker