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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Documentary · 2014
Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for open access ensnared him in a legal nightmare that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26.
The sides of The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
- A teenager helping build RSS and Reddit
- A download of academic papers at MIT
- A federal prosecution with decades at stake
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz is good for you if…
- you want his family, friends and lawyers telling the story.
- you want to see what a state can bring against one person.
- you like spending time with a mind that never stopped asking why.
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz is bad for you if…
- you can't sit with a story that ends in a suicide.
- you need an ending that leaves you some hope.
About: open access · the law · conviction
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