Aaron Toponce ⚛️:debian: on Nostr: Aaron Swartz lost his life over a small information leak attempt making academic ...

Aaron Swartz lost his life over a small information leak attempt making academic documents that were public domain, taxpayer funded, but locked behind obscene paywalls, accessible.

Meanwhile, FAANG et. al use copyleft, Free Software libraries to torrent petabytes of data abusing owner copyright to train their LLMs.

Laws only apply to you and me, not for the rich and powerful.

https://sfstandard.com/2025/02/08/aaron-swartz-marble-statue-unveiled-internet-archive/