The web responds to the death of hacker-activist Aaron Swartz

Jan. 12, 2013 - 8:40 AM PDT Jan. 12, 2013 - 8:40 AM PDT

Aaron Swartz, an early Reddit staffer and founder of the open-web activist group Demand Progress, committed suicide on Friday at the age of 26, touching off an outpouring of grief and memorials from a wide range of friends and colleagues. Read more »

Thousands of scientific papers uploaded to the Pirate Bay

By Janko Roettgers

Jul. 21, 2011 - 8:08 AM PDT Jul. 21, 2011 - 8:08 AM PDT

Two days after Aaron Swartz was indicted for allegedly trying to copy thousands of documents from a scientific archive, a torrent with close to 19,000 documents has found its way to the Pirate Bay. The leak is accompanied by a scathing critique of scientific publishing. Read more »

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