• noobg@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    He hung himself after being prosecuted by the federal authorities for academic journal article piracy. He was trying to make journal articles available to the masses and was facing life in prison for it. This was many years ago.

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          Wasn’t he like 16 years old when he posted that? I certainly said some pretty stupid stuff when I was that age.

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            1 year ago

            There’s saying stupid things as a teenager, and then there’s defending child porn.

            I’ve said a lot of stupid stuff as a teenager too but never felt like saying child porn should be legal or that it wasn’t abuse. That’s something that you should know by 16.

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      He died for what he believed in, I suppose. I wonder if Richard Stallman had any comment on it, since he’s kind of the OG digital freedom of information guy.

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          I could. I’m sure he’s doing far more important work for the freedom of information, I wouldn’t want to distract him from that important work.

          Also I’m sure I could come up with something far more interesting to ask if I did.