Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 476529)

He's a defense guy?

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 476534)

He was a prosecutor (in CCIPS) and is now a professor. I wouldn't think of him as a defense guy.

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 476532)

This is what I've learned from Hank's post.

The thing here is, JSTOR doesn't own or create any intellectual property (outside of a few modest delivery mechanisms - they don't even have interesting data structures). They provide a service, and some (only some) of what they provide is access to other's IP.

But, Hank, like the prosecutor and like many, many other intelligent people, are rushing to find property somewhere in cyberspace. That is what everyone's instinct is. In reality, what Aaron was saying was, don't let the guy with the tools claim ownership to everything we use the tools for.

Originally Posted by Adder (Post 476526)

You don't get it, Ty. He's litigating, man, and he's the best litigator ever, so don't even try to talk about his silly analogies, because doing so just means you think Swartz was innocent.

You know, this whole thing would make a lot more sense if Hank's online persona was a drug addict of some sort.

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 476498)

Do the animal folks do it through cyber space?

My bet is, most of them, if they are disrupting a lab, are pretty clearly trespassing, because labs do things like lock doors, and may be breaking and entering, and may be damaging property - all good, healthy state law issues that will get them an unpleasant time with the cops and some punishment from a judge.

I don't know that I'd advocate much more for them; calling secret service or FBI seems excessive. Probably if they were letting exotic diseases out of the lab we'd want those guys, but not if they are just liberating some cancerous mice.