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Aaron Swartz: The Wunderkind of the Free Culture Movement
Podcast: On the Media (LS 72 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)
Episode: Aaron Swartz: The Wunderkind of the Free Culture Movement
Pub date: 2022-01-05
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Episode: Aaron Swartz: The Wunderkind of the Free Culture Movement
Pub date: 2022-01-05
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In 2013, 26-year-old software developer and political activist Aaron Swartz died by suicide. He had been indicted on federal charges after illegally downloading 4.8 million articles from JSTOR, a database of academic journals, and potentially faced a million dollar fine and decades in jail. While his death made headline news, Swartz had long been an Internet folk hero and a fierce advocate for the free exchange of information. In his book, The Idealist, writer Justin Peters places Swartz within the fraught, often colorful, history of copyright in America. Brooke talks with Peters about Swartz's legacy and the long line of "data moralists" who came before him.
Music in this podcast extra:
"Moss Garden" by David Bowie"Heroes" by David Bowie; performed by The Meridian String Quartet"Life On Mars?" by David Bowie; performed by The Meridian String Quartet.
This segment originally aired in our January 15, 2016 program, "Terms of Engagement."
The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from WNYC Studios, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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By The Syllabus / Listen NotesPodcast: On the Media (LS 72 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)
Episode: Aaron Swartz: The Wunderkind of the Free Culture Movement
Pub date: 2022-01-05
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powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization
Episode: Aaron Swartz: The Wunderkind of the Free Culture Movement
Pub date: 2022-01-05
Get Podcast Transcript →
powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization
In 2013, 26-year-old software developer and political activist Aaron Swartz died by suicide. He had been indicted on federal charges after illegally downloading 4.8 million articles from JSTOR, a database of academic journals, and potentially faced a million dollar fine and decades in jail. While his death made headline news, Swartz had long been an Internet folk hero and a fierce advocate for the free exchange of information. In his book, The Idealist, writer Justin Peters places Swartz within the fraught, often colorful, history of copyright in America. Brooke talks with Peters about Swartz's legacy and the long line of "data moralists" who came before him.
Music in this podcast extra:
"Moss Garden" by David Bowie"Heroes" by David Bowie; performed by The Meridian String Quartet"Life On Mars?" by David Bowie; performed by The Meridian String Quartet.
This segment originally aired in our January 15, 2016 program, "Terms of Engagement."
The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from WNYC Studios, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.