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postheadericon Aaron Swartz: a bittersweet memorial

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mourners exchange memories and angry calls for justice

agreed that the burial took place on Saturday computer freedom activist Aaron Swartz, who was killed Jan. 11 when he was accused of piracy, was open to all.

In a large meeting room in the heart of East Village New York, friends, fellow activists and supporters of 26 years Swartz met to have memories mixed with furious calls for justice and prosecution struggles that Swartz has devoted his life to.

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Swartz, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, was firm in his belief that the death was caused by Swartz a lawsuit that had threatened to up to 30 years in prison for hacking a collection online journals related to MIT with the intention of releasing millions of research papers on the Internet.

She said the prospect of a trial had dominated his life together and the prosecutors of the case should be held responsible for a tragedy that shocked the tech community in the world. "He faces a deeply dysfunctional criminal justice," he said, and has lagged recent final blow. "I was so scared, so desperate and so tormented, and especially so tired that I could not take a other day, "he said.

Stinebrickner Kauffmann asked the crowd of hundreds packed inside the Grand Palais famous Cooper Union building - a scene of major civil rights and anti-slavery speech in the past - to continue fighting for freedom and the victory of justice internet Swartz. His anger was offset by that of Roy Singham, a close associate of Swartz who founded the freedom to connect initiative.

  • In a fiery speech and emotional enthusiasm earned him a standing ovation, Singham closed the case against Swartz. "It was not a suicide. He was assassinated by intimidation, harassment and torment," he said. "We need to hold accountable those who tormented Aaron." She Swartz that the last of a long line of heroic activists are trying to change a powerful and entrenched. "It was, in my humble opinion, one of the true revolutionaries extraordinary that this country has produced," he said.
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  • brought the case against Swartz are only part of the life of a young spent using their computer engineering indisputable for the cause of freedom on the Internet and try to make the information more accessible throughout the world as possible. He helped build the online community Reddit and was a decisive voice in the defeat of legislation to extend the control of the Internet.
But Swartz was also concerned about a long struggle with depression. The U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, Carmen Ortiz, who brought the case, questioned stated that his office was too jealous. "The conduct of this office was appropriate to carry and handle this case. Career prosecutors handling this issue had the difficult task of enforcing the law who had sworn to defend, and he did a reasonable manner, "said a statement last week. Swartz also emerged that had been offered a plea bargain to a sentence of six months.

However, during the moving memorial service, during which many speakers paid tribute to his friend and a video of a speech by Swartz was played, there was also a strong emphasis on the positive side of life Swartz. Amidst laughter, a picture emerged of a man who was intensely driven young playful side that won the huge loyalty of friends and activists around the world.


"Aaron would have liked to be here," said Stinebrickner-Kaufmann. Your old friend Ben Wikler honored personality Swartz. "What I found amazing is not only the dedication of Aaron and brilliance, but also how much fun it was," he said.

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