We the undersigned ask that MIT issue an apology for its silence regarding the unjust federal prosecution against Aaron Swartz for actions that caused little or no harm to MIT or any individuals. Faced with a maximum fine of $1 million and over 35 years in prison if convicted of 13 felony counts related to the downloading of academic journal articles on MIT’s internet network [1], Aaron committed suicide on January 11, 2013.
We believe that MIT should have issued a statement criticizing the excessively harsh charges against Aaron in light of the following facts:
1. Aaron’s use of MIT’s open network to gain access to JSTOR articles through MIT’s journal subscription was legal. At worst, his use of a computer script to automate downloading of 4.8 million articles violated JSTOR’s terms of use, for which he was not charged [2].
2. Aaron never distributed any of these articles to the public. In fact, he returned all copies of the downloads and promised not to share them once he was arrested [3].
3. JSTOR stated that it had no interest in pursuing civil litigation against Aaron [4] and asked for the criminal litigation to be dropped.
Aaron was a social activist, supporter of open access to knowledge, and friend to many in the MIT community. We are saddened to learn of his death and supportive of his family and partner’s criticism of MIT’s inaction against “a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach” [5].
[1] http://www.justice.gov/usao/ma/news/2011/July/SwartzAaronPR.html
[2] http://unhandled.com/2013/01/12/the-truth-about-aaron-swartzs-crime/
[3] http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/12/aaron-swartz-heroism-suicide1
[4] http://about.jstor.org/news/jstor-statement-misuse-incident-and-criminal-case
[5] http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/01/official_statement.php
[Edit: A couple people have pointed out that President Reif has issued a letter announcing the start of an internal investigation into MIT's involvement with Aaron's case, which we appreciate. We do not ask for an apology before the internal investigation is over, but we do wish to communicate our opinion that anything less than an apology as a result of the investigation is unacceptable in light of the facts stated above.]
[Disclaimer: This author of this post does not claim to represent the views of the MIT Society for Open Science as a group.]
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Steve Neidhardt Jan 15, 2013 166 Paul Kreiner Student Jan 15, 2013 165 Karen Wickert Jan 15, 2013 164 CJ Carr StartLabs, hackathons Jan 15, 2013 163 Zachary McDowell Jan 15, 2013 162 Olivia Mello MIT '14 Jan 15, 2013 161 Niema Hirsch mother of alumni Jan 15, 2013 160 Laura Totten none Jan 15, 2013 159 Joshua Slocum Alumni '10 and '11 Jan 15, 2013 158 Angela Pineo Jan 15, 2013 157 Robert Krawitz VI-3 1987 Jan 15, 2013 156 Michael Wiley Jan 15, 2013 155 Professor Daniel Martin Katz Jan 15, 2013 154 Libby Cone, MD, MA MIT Class of 1977 Jan 15, 2013 153 Teresa Dovidio Jan 15, 2013 152 Katelyn Haas friends with Aaron's brother Noah Jan 15, 2013 151 Alexander Hoover Jan 15, 2013 150 William Koster Friend Attends MIT Jan 15, 2013 149 Larry Lennhoff alum Jan 15, 2013 148 Marianne Díaz Jan 15, 2013 147 Wendy Johnson Jan 15, 2013 146 Katherine Policy Jan 15, 2013 145 Thomas Levine Jan 15, 2013 144 Thomas Gordanier Jan 15, 2013 143 Nicholas Joliat Alumnus Jan 15, 2013 142 James Madden MCP 2010 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15, 2013 116 Colin McSwiggen alumnus Jan 15, 2013 115 Latifah Hamzah Alum Jan 15, 2013 114 Rose Cottingham Jan 15, 2013 113 Marcel Boris Jan 15, 2013 112 Simon Osindero Jan 15, 2013 111 Corinn Herrick 2016 Jan 15, 2013 110 Robert Ochshorn former staff Jan 15, 2013 109 Rob McQueen MIT 12 Jan 15, 2013 108 Aimi Watanabe alum Jan 15, 2013 107 Micah Daigle Jan 15, 2013 106 Marc Bouvier Jan 15, 2013 105 Will Doenlen MIT c/o 2012 Jan 15, 2013 104 Jasmine Florentine MIT Alumni Jan 15, 2013 103 Charles Hung MIT '07 Jan 15, 2013 102 Christie Lin MEng 2012 Jan 15, 2013 101 Rachel Bowens-Rubin Jan 15, 2013 100 Harry Richman undergraduate Jan 15, 2013 99 Samuel Klein Jan 15, 2013 98 Dustin Boyer Jan 15, 2013 97 Michele Pratusevich MIT 2013 Jan 15, 2013 96 Nicole Aptekar Jan 15, 2013 95 Rémi Rispal Jan 15, 2013 94 Justin Campbell Jan 15, 2013 93 Jacob Steinhardt MIT '12 Jan 15, 2013 92 Claudia Gold Alum c/o 2007 Jan 15, 2013 91 Frédéric LOHIER Jan 15, 2013 90 Dany Qumsiyeh alum Jan 15, 2013 89 Shauna Gordon-McKeon Jan 15, 2013 88 Cypress Frankenfeld Jan 15, 2013 87 Amir Hirsch Class of 2006, MEng 2007 Jan 15, 2013 86 Seth Woodworth former sysadmin Jan 15, 2013 85 Bhaskar Mookerji Alumnus Jan 15, 2013 84 Darren Schmidt Jan 15, 2013 83 David Lewis Jan 15, 2013 82 Jacob Gresh Jan 15, 2013 81 Natan Wythe Jan 15, 2013 80 Jaimee Lee Aaron's cousin Jan 15, 2013 79 Russell Ryan S.B '09, M.Eng '11 EECS Jan 15, 2013 78 Nick Stanton Jan 15, 2013 77 Alec Thomson Grad Student Jan 15, 2013 76 Dr. Pamela Hutchison Extended family of Aaron Swartz Jan 15, 2013 75 Timur Balbekov MIT S.B. 2013 Jan 15, 2013 74 Eric Kugler Jan 15, 2013 73 Rebecca Godfrey USA Jan 15, 2013 72 Nick Badger Friend of graduates Jan 15, 2013 71 Rebecca Schnell Jan 15, 2013 70 Adam Rodriguez MIT Undergraduate student Jan 15, 2013 69 Andrew Zolyak Jan 15, 2013 68 Johan Kullingsjo Jan 15, 2013 67 Hillary Wheelock Jan 15, 2013 66 Jake Thompson Jan 15, 2013 65 Alexander Patrikalakis Alumnus-Affiliate Jan 15, 2013 64 Dan Wheeler alum Jan 15, 2013 63 Deniz Yorukoglu Csail Jan 15, 2013 62 Robert McCauley Jan 15, 2013 61 Alec Williams Student Jan 15, 2013 60 David Coop Jan 15, 2013 59 Thomas McLarney Jan 15, 2013 58 Wiktor Jakubiuk MIT student Jan 15, 2013 57 Daniel Clark Jan 15, 2013 56 Meredith Peterson Jan 15, 2013 55 wesley gould Rejected applicant Jan 15, 2013 54 Star Simpson ex-student Jan 15, 2013 53 Qiaochu Yuan Alumnus Jan 15, 2013 52 Ron Newman MIT '79, course VI-3 Jan 15, 2013 51 Alan Aguiar Jan 15, 2013 50 May Moreshet Jan 15, 2013 49 Taylor Martin friend Jan 15, 2013 48 Michael Coen Alum: S.B., S.M., and Ph.D. Jan 15, 2013 47 Kyle Brogle SIPB Jan 15, 2013 46 Dylan Sherry Graduate student Jan 15, 2013 45 Amanda Wang student (undergraduate) Jan 15, 2013 44 Jonathan Vesey Jan 15, 2013 43 Derek Hovde Jan 15, 2013 42 Melissa Boyd Jan 15, 2013 41 Yuanyu Chen SB '12 Jan 15, 2013 40 Christopher Merrill MIT 2012 Jan 15, 2013 39 Michael Nawrot Student Jan 15, 2013 38 Paula Fraser Jan 15, 2013 37 Charles Pairan Jan 15, 2013 36 Jonathan Marcus Friend of many MIT students and alums. Jan 15, 2013 35 Adam Spektor Jan 15, 2013 34 John Dill Jan 15, 2013 33 Anthony Huron Jan 15, 2013 32 Afian Anwar CSAIL Jan 15, 2013 31 Eric Duerr Jan 15, 2013 30 Eben Freeman MIT undergrad Jan 15, 2013 29 Kevin Mark Jan 15, 2013 28 James King Jan 15, 2013 27 Geoffrey Maciolek A Fan Jan 15, 2013 26 Derek Overstreet Jan 15, 2013 25 Christian Ternus MIT '10 Jan 15, 2013 24 Thomas Calahan Martinos Center at MGH Jan 15, 2013 23 Val Healy former student Jan 15, 2013 22 Ian Daniher Affiliate Jan 15, 2013 21 Jae Ung Hwang Jan 15, 2013 20 Molly de Blanc Staff Jan 15, 2013 19 Daniel Dominguez alum Jan 15, 2013 18 Rachel Fong alumna Jan 15, 2013 17 Kamron Palmer Jan 15, 2013 16 Caroline Blehart Jan 15, 2013 15 Catherine Olsson Student Jan 15, 2013 14 Steven Dee None Jan 15, 2013 13 Janet Li 2013 Jan 15, 2013 12 Nolan Essigmann Student Jan 15, 2013 11 Brittany Willock Jan 15, 2013 10 Jeremy Sher Class of 1999 Jan 15, 2013 9 nathan lachenmyer aluminu Jan 15, 2013 8 Adam Wisniewski Jan 15, 2013 7 Carolyn DiNardo Jan 15, 2013 6 Noah Swartz Jan 15, 2013 5 Brian DeRosa Jan 15, 2013 4 Sarah Ganzhorn Jan 15, 2013 3 Donald Guy alumnus Jan 15, 2013 2 Franck Dernoncourt PhD in AI Jan 14, 2013 1 Yan Zhu alum (2012) Jan 14, 2013
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Hey, I’m an alum and work professionally with online organizing technology. I’d like to help this petition spread and grow big enough to get the response it deserves.
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- If you can remove the requirement to confirm the email address, you’ll make it easier to sign quickly.
Anything you can do to lower the barrier to signing, the faster it will grow. Feel free to contact me at the address above, I’m happy to help any way I can.
Final thoughts re Aaron Swartz.
The more I have thought about this the more disturbed I get. My take: a brilliant young man with mental health issues is “adopted” by the Internet/PC/Info should be free crowd (yes Larry, Tim and Cory I mean you). He is coddled and “groomed.” He is a kid, he can act out the things they dare not (but do talk about and fantasize about etc). If he gets into trouble, they as the “respected elders” can vouch for him and all will be well. He gets to do the dirty work (and as a result gets the praise from these elders which is personality needs) and they get the public platitudes. But this time Uncle Sam and MIT refused to go along. The brilliant but troubled Aaron cannot accept that he has done something “wrong” after all all his mentors tell him it was right and for a good cause and the government has no case. If he accepts the plea deal then his role as the “kid who can do anything” vanishes. If he fights on, well it seems his mentors are unable to deliver. All through this no one is dealing with Aaron’s mental health issues and seemingly everyone has failed to teach him about either personal responsibility or cause and effect. Aaron is drowning in his loss of self identity. He does the unthinkable. The mentors and the parents — Aaron’s enablers and those who were “using him” for their own ends — hold much of the responsibility but that defies their sense of self identity (we of the the “higher ethical ground” are always doing only that which is the “right thing to do”) — so they lash out and blame others.
In the world of the users (my word for those who abused their relationship with Aaron) MIT was wrong for not seeing that allowing repeated trespassing and hacking of its property and networks served a “greater good.” The government was wrong for not agreeing that “moral intentions” trump actual physical criminal acts. The media can be used to help divert attention and guilt from those who really hurt Aaron and contributed to his downfall.
The “Information should be free” community abused one of its own most brilliant members. It is time that community look in a mirror and begin to accept responsibility for its own ugly role in Aaron’s tragedy.
Please. Help me understand how MIT conducted itself properly in this situation. Please.
That the Youth Movement… Read: youthful activism… has suddenly become the target of academia and the status quo is a sad commentary on the current culture at MIT.
The Occupy Movement needs to move its headquarters to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to dislodge that thick top crust which has calcified the minds of its administration and runs counter of its stated mission of advancing knowledge, intellectual freedom and creativity. The tragic death of Aaron Swartz is a black mark on this school and will forever remain so. It is time for a new mission statement from MIT which embraces web freedom / open access and the principles that have cost one brilliant young man his life.
s/outreach/overreach/
I disagree with your claim that nothing he did was illegal. In fact, if you look at the law, (i.e. http://www.volokh.com/2013/01/14/aaron-swartz-charges/), what he did was indeed illegal and he continued to do it after he had been blocked, told to stop, etc. He was warned, and continued breaking the law. Whether it hurt anyone is irrelevant – the law is the law, and he should realize that there are consequences to actions. If you think the prosecution should have used their discretion to either not prosecute, deal, or seek lesser charges, that is one thing. But I can just as easily make the argument that they should make an example our of him before someone uses his techniques to do something more damaging.
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In the years I lived and worked in Boston I spent many evenings and weekends on the MIT campus, in the library, attending events or strolling the infinite corridor. In spite of its numbered buildings or maybe even because of them, the place had a homely feeling and I always felt welcome there. In fact, one of my pet stories to tell used to be how I was able to log in to athena using a login passed along to me by a homeless person. All I did was look things up in the library, thereby impressing my co-workers the next day with my fast turnaround on research questions. I was young, it was the 90s. Incidentally I worked at BBN, one of the internet pioneers, where we also had numbered buildings, just like MIT.
(fya, I logged in as root with password mrroot. I assume this no longer works, though I have not tried it in many years. Sorry if I am revealing any secret here.)
I am now far from Boston and though I thought I was aware of issues like this, I had not heard of Aaron Swartz till now and I am more than shocked by the role MIT has played. MIT the place where anyone is allowed to audit a course (at least this is what the word on the street was). I can no longer smile when I see news of MIT students playing tetris on a building, I can no longer think of MIT without thinking of Aaron Swartz. Aaron Swartz who read Noam Chomsky at age 18 and dedicated his life to changing the world. If we do not work to address causes like freedom of knowledge through legal means, then we are going to see more idealistic and self-sacrificing people like Aaron Swartz putting the cause ahead of themselves. When we do, I hope that we can recognize their abilities and seek their guidance for the sake of a more just and humane society.
If we can’t we may want to ban Noam Chomsky for 18-year olds and make them wait till they are old enough to sit in cafes and just talk about it.