'but' is doing a lot of work in this sentence.

  • TheCaconym [any]
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    4 years ago

    Aaron Swartz. He basically became rightfully pissed scientific publications were all paywalled by greedy vampire publisher companies and automated the download of the entirety of JSTOR from the MIT network, planning to publish them (basically make a sci-hub).

    They arrested him and basically wanted to give him 1 million in fines and 35 years (!!) in jail. As a result, thinking his life was ruined, he killed himself.