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by pdonis 4705 days ago
since MIT initiated the proceedings I wouldn't call that neutral either.

MIT initiated a process to find out who the laptop they found belonged to. MIT did not initiate any legal proceedings, and did not tell anyone that they were in favor of doing so.
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chaostheory 4705 days ago
Combined with Jstor's actions, MIT could have stopped this circus at anytime. They didn't.
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pdonis 4705 days ago
MIT could have stopped this circus at anytime.

The report gives plenty of evidence that doesn't support that contention. It looks to me like the prosecution didn't care what MIT or JSTOR thought.

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chaostheory 4705 days ago
Yes but it would probably weaken the prosecution's case at the very least.
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pdonis 4705 days ago
it would probably weaken the prosecution's case at the very least

I can see one thing that would have weakened the prosecution's case: if MIT had been able to say definitely that Swartz's access to the MIT network was authorized. However, I'm not sure MIT could have said that definitely.

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