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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz#United_States_v._...

The prosecution offered 6 months in low security in a plea deal.

He had been mass downloading and evading them at MIT for months until he had MIT and FBI involved and was finally caught on camera.

I bring this up because A. maximum exposure to charges are rarely applied but makes great headlines for outrage and B. the plea deal seems reasonable to someone who was unreasonably persistent in the details of the case.

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