Saturday, January 19, 2013

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: Aaron Swartz Tribute: Hundreds Honor Information Activist

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Aaron Swartz Tribute: Hundreds Honor Information Activist
Jan 19th 2013, 22:27

NEW YORK — Hundreds of friends and supporters of Aaron Swartz gathered Saturday in New York City to pay tribute to the free-information activist and online prodigy who killed himself last week as he faced trial on hacking charges.

A hero to data-access advocates but a thief in the eyes of prosecutors, Swartz, 26, was found dead Jan. 11 in a suicide that has intensified debate over how authorities should treat hackers whose goal is to expand public knowledge, not make personal profits.


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