This is the institution that pressed hacking charges against a kid scraping JSTOR from a broom closet.... they seem very protective of content sourced via their brand.
MIT did not press charges against Swartz. They did bring in outside law enforcement when they had an unknown party trespassing and installing equipment in a wiring closet, and who caused MIT to temporarily lose JSTOR access, thereby impacting research activities, and they had no idea what that unknown party was trying to accomplish.
By the time Swartz was arrested and identified, it was out of MIT's hands.
By the time Swartz was arrested and identified, it was out of MIT's hands.