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Greg Maxwell Uploads JSTOR Papers to The Pirate Bay in Protest
The Pirate Bay is now home to more than 18,000 scientific papers, courtesy user Greg Maxwell, who had access to the files courtesy of academic database JSTOR. The torrent is a reaction to Aaron Swartz’s recent indictment for data theft from JSTOR and MIT. GigaOM reports that all of the documents’ copyrights have expired, but they are (or rather, were, prior to the torrent’s appearance) only available via JSTOR, and could cost as much as $19 per document.
Categories Aaron Swartz, Greg Maxwell, JSTOR, The Pirate Bay
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Reddit Cofounder Charged For Stealing Data from MIT and JSTOR
Reddit cofounder Aaron Swartz has been charged for data theft by Carmen M. Ortiz, the US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. He is charged with stealing more than 4 million documents from MIT and academic archive JSTOR. The charges could result in up to 35 years in prison and a fine of $1 million. Swartz’s charges include computer fraud, wire fraud, criminal forfeiture and obtaining information from a protected computer. [The New York Times]
Reddit Co-Founders Quit Conde Nast 3 Years After Acquisition
Three years ago, Conde Nast bought out Reddit. Reddit is a website where a community of users vote on the most interesting stories. The most interesting recent stories land on the Reddit homepage and receive a large number of visits. Conde Nast has been taking a hit lately as its been discovered that they may lose $1 billion in ad revenue this year.
Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian both founded Reddit after launching it from Y-Combinator. Christopher Rowe and Aaron Swartz joined the team shortly after the company was founded. Y-Combinator is an incubation firm started by Paul Graham. Both of the Reddit founders are leaving for personal reasons.
Huffman is moving back to Virginia to spend more time with his wife. Ohanian plans to spend some time traveling. Rowe will be staying with Reddit for a while. Swartz was fired from Reddit two years ago for not respecting the company rules after being acquired by Wired Magazine.