Aaron Swartz Campaign for Open Internet Continues at Freedom to Connect Conference

Aaron Swartz Campaign for Open Internet Continues at Freedom to Connect Conference
"DemocracyNow! broadcast live Monday from the Freedom to Connect conference, a national gathering to promote Internet freedom and universal connectivity. It comes as the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act has been reintroduced in the House, calling for a "cybersecurity" exception to existing privacy law that would give immunity to companies that hand over troves of confidential customer records and communications to the National Security Agency, FBI and Department of Homeland Security.

Last year at this same conference, Aaron Swartz, the late cyberactivist, computer programmer, social justice activist and writer who committed suicide earlier this year, gave the keynote address, in which he described the battle to defeat the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA."

Rep. Alan Grayson Honors Aaron Swartz - Truthdig

Rep. Alan Grayson Honors Aaron Swartz - Truthdig
"Aaron Swartz, the Internet freedom advocate who committed suicide in mid-January, was an intern in Florida Congressman Alan Grayson’s office after the onset of the economic crisis. Grayson recently paid tribute to Swartz at a memorial service in Washington, D.C."

The Other Aaron’s Law: How FASTR Could Help Americans Access The Research They Paid For

The Other Aaron’s Law: How FASTR Could Help Americans Access The Research They Paid For: Just over a month after internet folk hero and activist Aaron Swartz ended his own life, a bipartisan group of law-makers have introduced legislation that would make progress on a cause near and dear to his heart: Open access to publicly funded research. The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), introduced this [...]/p

Aaron Swartz Faced A More Severe Prison Term Than Killers, Slave Dealers And Bank Robbers

Aaron Swartz Faced A More Severe Prison Term Than Killers, Slave Dealers And Bank Robbers: On Friday, Internet pioneer and open information activist Aaron Swartz took his own life at the age of 26. At the time of his death, Swartz was under indictment for logging into JSTOR, a database of scholarly articles, and rapidly downloading those articles with the intent to make them public. If Swartz had lived to [...]/p

The Inspiring Heroism of Aaron Swartz | Common Dreams

The Inspiring Heroism of Aaron Swartz | Common Dreams
"Aaron Swartz, the computer programmer and internet freedom activist, committed suicide on Friday in New York at the age of 26. As the incredibly moving remembrances from his friends such as Cory Doctorow and Larry Lessig attest, he was unquestionably brilliant but also - like most everyone - a complex human being plagued by demons and flaws. For many reasons, I don't believe in whitewashing someone's life or beatifying them upon death. But, to me, much of Swartz's tragically short life was filled with acts that are genuinely and, in the most literal and noble sense, heroic. I think that's really worth thinking about today."