This sounds very hypocritical. If their "Mission and Work" is to support scholarly work and academic usage, and encourage usage of large sets of data, why are they suing Aaron's ass instead of working with him to further understand what were his needs that their system was lacking and how they could reduce that gap? Why else would Aaron hack their system if not for research?
Sounds like instead of spending money in improving their system and security, they found a more beneficial (to their eyes) approach: charging Aaron will instead set the example.
Edit: see @mbreese's correction.
Edit 2: looks like my comment missed some important pieces of the puzzle. See further down the thread.
Sounds like instead of spending money in improving their system and security, they found a more beneficial (to their eyes) approach: charging Aaron will instead set the example.
Edit: see @mbreese's correction.
Edit 2: looks like my comment missed some important pieces of the puzzle. See further down the thread.