Friday 4 September 2015

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

Unjust laws exist;
shall we be content to obey them,
or shall we endeavor to amend them, & obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?
— Henry David Thoreau

Just saw this — definitely worth a look.

Spoiler — evil wins — unless we are all prepared to do something about it.



One more good thing that Kickstarter has done
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/26788492/aaron-swartz-documentary-the-internets-own-boy-0/description

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet%27s_Own_Boy:_The_Story_of_Aaron_Swartz

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3268458/ / programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of 26 director Brian Knappenberger writer stars Aaron Swartz Tim Berners-Lee Cindy Cohn Gabriella Coleman Cory Doctorow Peter Eckersley Brewster Kahle Lawrence Lessig Zoe Lofgren Carl Malamud Quinn Norton Tim O’Rielly Elliott Peters Alec Resnick David Segal Stephen Shultze David Sorota Christopher Sogholan Bryan Stevenson Taren Karen Stinebrickner-Kauffman Matt Stoller Ben Swartz Noah Swartz Robert Swartz Susan Swartz Trevor Timm Ben Wikler Ron Wyden Reddit Stop Online Piracy Act SOPA) United States bill introduced U.S. Senat Congress Representative Lamar S. Smith Republican Texas R-TX U.S. law enforcement online copyright infringement online trafficking counterfeit goods conservative engine under the Internet hood world wide web reddit the front page of the Internet /