michael gurstein on Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:43:59 +0100 (CET) |
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Re: <nettime> RIP: Aaron H. Swartz (November 8, 1986 -- January 11, 2013) |
Amidst the widespread public grief concerning the tragic and untimely demise of open information activist Aaron Swartz perhaps a moment might be given to reflect on http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-12/mangalore/36295357_1_ rti-activist-land-dispute-police-station http://tinyurl.com/ag3gpkp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_RTI_activists_in_India http://tinyurl.com/b8vhdr8 M -----Original Message----- From: nettime-l-bounces@mail.kein.org [mailto:nettime-l-bounces@mail.kein.org] On Behalf Of Felix Stalder Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 1:21 AM To: nettime-l@kein.org Subject: Re: <nettime> RIP: Aaron H. Swartz (November 8, 1986 -- January 11, 2013) [The prosecution of Swartz by the DOJ and the unwillingness of MIT (which prides itself on its hacker tradition) to support him, shines a light of another of the many layers of cooperation between the security apparatuses and academia. See the statement of the family at the end of this article.] <...> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org