From: Nathan Baum <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:20:09 -0500 See also http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112485/aaron-swartz-profile-internet-will-never-save-you# for an article about Swartz in the current New Republic. Nathan Baum Associate Director, Collection Strategy and Management Stony Brook University Libraries Stony Brook, New York 11794-3300 [log in to unmask] On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:23 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: Ken Masters <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:37:14 +0400 > > Hi All > > There is an article in the Chronicle on Aaron Swartz. The title is > "Aaron Swartz was right." As far as I can tell, the article defends > Swartz's feelings, and, perhaps even his actions. I get that sense > from the snippet of the article's opening paragraph, and from the > blurb sent in the advertising mail: "The current academic publishing > system is prettied-up extortion. He defied it, and the rest of us > should too." > > So, why haven't I read the entire article? Because the Chronicle's > article dealing with the way in which "academic publishing system is > prettied-up extortion" and arguing that we should defy it, is, itself, > locked behind the Chronicle's pay-wall. And I wonder if they are > aware of the irony. Unfortunately, probably not. > > For those of you who have paid your dues ("extortion", quoting the > blurb), or who are at institutions who have paid their dues, the > article is at: > > http://chronicle.com/article/Aaron-Swartz-Was-Right/137425/?cid=cr&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=en > > Regards > > Ken > > Dr. Ken Masters > Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics > Medical Education Unit > College of Medicine & Health Sciences > Sultan Qaboos University > Sultanate of Oman > E-i-C: The Internet Journal of Medical Education