Hey, I agree with Aaron&#x27;s position that the data should be freely accessible, so no need to sell me on that or the fact it was non-violent, that&#x27;s not in contention.<p>&gt; Stealing&#x2F;theft sounds worse than infringement.<p>It&#x27;s not relevant because this conversation isn&#x27;t about how it sounds, it&#x27;s about who&#x27;s to blame for his death.  None of which has anything to do with what the particular charges were.<p>&gt; I just think that Aaron was justified in what he did and I admire him for what he did. There are times for emailing and times for plugging in a network cable, Aaron chose the cable and I don&#x27;t think that was the wrong approach even though it ended tragically.<p>And that&#x27;s your right, personally I admire the principles, but his approach was naive and imho not worth admiration; his suicide tragic and also not worth admiration.   It was the wrong approach because a bad outcome for Aaron was predictable from the onset that led to a needless suicide of a very talented individual.  You can&#x27;t flagrantly commit federal crimes and think jail isn&#x27;t an option, regardless of the merits of those laws.