He was downloading research material from a university network, much of which was paid for with public funds. These are the common network accessible items that any person who is attending a university has access to. You are correct in that he was stealing, but you have attributed far to much malice to his actions and have created a narrative without proof. “”His” take on censorship, which probably meant”.
I don't remember him supporting censorship at all. Not saying you are wrong, but I just haven't seen it. One of the nicest takes he had was being anti-establishment and fighting head on the patriot act and SOPA craziness. At least on that he would be aligned with us.
His "I Hate The News" blog post is quite good.
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hatethenews
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz
He was downloading research material from a university network, much of which was paid for with public funds. These are the common network accessible items that any person who is attending a university has access to. You are correct in that he was stealing, but you have attributed far to much malice to his actions and have created a narrative without proof. “”His” take on censorship, which probably meant”.
What have you done against censorship?
I don't remember him supporting censorship at all. Not saying you are wrong, but I just haven't seen it. One of the nicest takes he had was being anti-establishment and fighting head on the patriot act and SOPA craziness. At least on that he would be aligned with us.
could be ...
Speculation of a someone who is deceased is a great way to take a stance of what would have probably happened.