tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post7714423889124343629..comments2024-02-10T02:14:39.898-05:00Comments on Buckeye Surgeon: "Justice"----Post Modern American styleJeffrey Parks MD FACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-22500829026610120482013-02-02T11:00:23.784-05:002013-02-02T11:00:23.784-05:00Jeff,
If news coverage were an indication of imp...Jeff, <br /><br />If news coverage were an indication of importance, you would have had more impact writing about "side boobs" and the all-important "Puppy Bowl"<br /><br />;-)Zekenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-7627159775641188162013-01-29T13:10:37.635-05:002013-01-29T13:10:37.635-05:00Now I don't want to debate this — it has been ...Now I don't want to debate this — it has been debated <i>ad nauseam</i> elsewhere. However, it's easy to minimize the harm Swartz caused when you weren't the victim.<br /><br />Personally, I think ripping off a research database that cost a nonprofit millions to digitize and compile should be a felony. That does not make me a crazy neocon.AChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986424031103907104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-76507672075104234142013-01-28T13:48:30.889-05:002013-01-28T13:48:30.889-05:00AC-
The "plea deals" he was offered invo...AC-<br />The "plea deals" he was offered involved him pleading guilty to 13 felonies. Strange that he was reluctant to agree to such terms, wasn't it?Jeffrey Parks MD FACShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-47226639360201715852013-01-28T12:59:25.251-05:002013-01-28T12:59:25.251-05:00Except he didn't hack into JSTOR. It was avai...Except he didn't <i>hack</i> into JSTOR. It was available freely on a site license for MIT's network. Similarly MIT maintains an open network policy that allows guests to use it. He certainly abused the spirit of this openness (to the point of hiding a laptop on campus to keep a connection to the network) but his only crime was violating a TOS click through agreement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-32116567460134631402013-01-28T09:02:17.780-05:002013-01-28T09:02:17.780-05:00AC - I couldn't disagree more. Even the notio...AC - I couldn't disagree more. Even the notion that a person like Aaron should face ANY jail time for a low level computer hack that, at most, resulted in "disruption of...service" and wasting people's time is outrageous. (Local prosecutors were going to let him off with a warning, but then the Feds picked up the case and Aaron's life spiraled downhill). The insistence by the gov't that Aaron face jail time was not connected to his crime, but likely as punishment for his successful efforts in stopping passage of SOPA. They were trying to teach him (and all of us) a lesson.<br /><br />If this comports with your notions of "Justice," god help us all. <br /><br />Hopefully their actions in this case will inspire 100's of activists to take Aaron's place.Attorney Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-75003883678421020112013-01-27T17:05:41.516-05:002013-01-27T17:05:41.516-05:00Dr. Parks,
I understand the sentiment, but this c...Dr. Parks,<br /><br />I understand the sentiment, but this case is not nearly as black and white as you suggest. <br /><br />JSTOR is a nonprofit that digitizes (at significant expense) old journals, mostly those in the humanities that are obviously not NIH funded. He hacked the MIT network repeatedly over a period of months, wasting numerous hours of time for both MIT and JSTOR staff. His actions resulted in the disruption of JSTOR service to the entire university for days at the time.<br /><br />In short, his actions were misguided at best.<br /><br />His prosecution also wasn't as heavy-handed as presented. He was offered two plea deals for 0-6 six months in minimum security prison, not the ridiculous 30 years often quoted. The case nearly bankrupted him because he was able to afford one of the most expensive law firms in New England. If you read about his background you'll find he was a member of the elite you decry — Stanford educated, independently wealthy, a Harvard fellow...<br /><br />The media has attempted to spin this as a innocent young idealist being unfairly prosecuted by minimizing his crimes and overstating the penalties he faced.AChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986424031103907104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-24060744198206343092013-01-27T16:25:28.429-05:002013-01-27T16:25:28.429-05:00Wow, can't agree more!Wow, can't agree more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-19897596690694624542013-01-27T15:59:36.035-05:002013-01-27T15:59:36.035-05:00This is a brilliant, very insightful, and truly mo...This is a brilliant, very insightful, and truly moving article.<br /><br />What happened to Aaron is indeed unbelievably tragic. It's like watching hope, personified in the young, die. "Suicide" is hardly appropriate for this, I think. "Elaborate murder" would be much more suitable.<br /><br />I am extremely happy that the country having the most powerful military in the world, and the power to actually end it, still has people like yourself. It really is beyond me as to what needs to be done in America in order to change things, but I sincerely hope there's more like you, and you'll figure it out, I'm sure. Sooner rather than later, hopefully.Paracelsushttp://netarhia.com/paracelsusnoreply@blogger.com