Information Activist Arrested For Downloading Millions Of Articles From JSTOR

Aaron Schwarz, who wrote the RSS specs 10 years ago, when he was 14, has been arrested for “excessive downloading” of documents from JSTOR, the electronic library of academic articles. He obtained access to MIT’s computer system somehow and over a period of weeks apparently downloaded millions of articles. More here from the New York Times. Here is a link to a statement from Demandprogress.com, an organization started by Mr. Schwarz.