The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz PDF
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Aaron Swartz (1986–2013) was an American computer programmer, a writer, a political organizer, and an Internet hacktivist. He was involved in the development of RSS, Creative Commons, web.py, and Reddit. He helped launch the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in 2009 and founded the online group Demand Progress. He is survived by his parents and two brothers, who live in Chicago. Lawrence Lessig is Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He was the director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University and a founding board member of Creative Commons. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This eBook is licensed to Anonymous Anonymous, [email protected] on 04/01/2016 THE BOY WHO COULD CHANGE THE WORLD THE WRITINGS OF AARON SWARTZ AARON SWARTZ With an introduction by LAWRENCE LESSIG This eBook is licensed to Anonymous Anonymous, [email protected] on 04/01/2016 This eBook is licensed to Anonymous Anonymous, [email protected] on 04/01/2016 First published in the UK by Verso 2016 Introduction © Lawrence Lessig 2015, 2016 All other part introductions and postscripts © the individual contributors 2015, 2016 Excerpt from Aaorn Swartz’s A Programmable Web: An Unfinished Work © 2013 Morgan & Claypool Publishers. Used with permission. All rights reserved The moral rights of the author have been asserted 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Verso UK: 6 Meard Street, London W1F 0EG US: 20 Jay Street, Suite 1010, Brooklyn, NY 11201 www.versobooks.com Verso is the imprint of New Left Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78478-496-6 (PB) eISBN-13: 978-1-78478-497-3 (UK) British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Book design and composition by Bookbright Media This book was set in Aries and Gill Sans Printed in the UK by CPI Mackays This eBook is licensed to Anonymous Anonymous, [email protected] on 04/01/2016 CONTENTS Introduction by Lawrence Lessig Free Culture Introduction by Benjamin Mako Hill and Seth Schoen Counterpoint: Downloading Isn’t Stealing UTI Interview with Aaron Swartz Jefferson: Nature Wants to Be Free Guerilla Open Access Manifesto The Fruits of Mass Collaboration The Techniques of Mass Collaboration: A Third Way Out Wikimedia at the Crossroads Who Writes Wikipedia? Who Runs Wikipedia? Making More Wikipedians Making More Wikipedias Code, and Other Laws of Wikipedia False Outliers (The Dandy Warhols) Come Down Up with Facts: Finding the Truth in WikiCourt Welcome, Watchdog.net A Database of Folly When is Transparency Useful? How We Stopped SOPA Computers Introduction by David Auerbach Excerpt: A Programmable Web Privacy, Accuracy, Security: Pick Two Fixing Compulsory Licensing Postel’s Law Has No Exceptions Squaring the Triangle: Secure, Decentralized, Human-Readable Names Release Late, Release Rarely Bake, Don’t Fry Building Baked Sites A Brief History of Ajax djb A Non-Programmer’s Apology Politics Introduction by David Segal How Congress Works Keynes, Explained Briefly Toward a Larger Left Professional Politicians Beware! The Attraction of the Center The Conservative Nanny State Political Entrepreneurs and Lunatics with Money Postscript by Henry Farrell Media Introduction by Cory Doctorow The Book That Changed My Life The Invention of Objectivity Shifting the Terms of Debate: How Big Business Covered Up Global Warming Making Noise: How Right-wing Think Tanks Get the Word Out Endorsing Racism: The Story of The Bell Curve Spreading Lies: How Think Tanks Ignore the Facts Saving Business: The Origins of Right-wing Think Tanks Hurting Seniors: The Attack on Social Security Fighting Back: Responses to the Mainstream Media What Journalists Don’t: Lessons from the Times Rachel Carson: Mass Murderer?
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