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Aaron Swartz

Those Conspiracy Guys

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How Much Is a Million Dollars for a Fucking Dude?

Aaron was sentenced to 35 years in prison for downloading too many books out of libraries. The prosecution were tasked to prove that Aaron was about to release these documents he got from j star to the public. There's also evidence to say that he wouldn't do it because he had already fleeced the westlaw legal library and hadn't done it. He would have been able to build a brand around it if he'd bottled some local water supply and then sold it back to the people like Coca-Cola did with Dasani.

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