Who is Aaron Swartz? The Inexhaustible Legacy of the Internet's Conscience
BIOGRAPHY · ACTIVISM · DIGITAL RIGHTS Aaron Swartz: The Fight for the Freedom of Information Twenty-six years lived in the shadow of a manifesto and a prosecution "Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves." — AARON SWARTZ · GUERRILLA OPEN ACCESS MANIFESTO · JULY 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS Seeds — The Birth of a Prodigy (1986–2004) The Internet's Conscience Awakens (2004–2007) Open Library and the First Major Strike: PACER (2007–2008) The Manifesto — From Eremo to the World (July 2008) SOPA: The Day the Internet Went Dark (2010–2012) Raw Nerve — The Storm Within JSTOR: The Price of the Manifesto (2010–2011) The Final Dance with the State (2011–2013) January 11, 2013 Legacy — The Manifesto Lives On 01 Seeds — The Birth of a Prodigy (1986–2004) Aaron Hillel Swartz was born on November 8, 1986, in Highland Park, Illinois — and he was not an ordinary child. His family learned this when he was exactly three years old. That day...