apology for sites "temporary use" institution, group of hackers has accused the U.S. government exaggerated accusation

hacktivist group Anonymous attacked the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and websites posted a monument to Aaron Swartz, following allegations from the university contributed to the suicide of free information activist Friday.

Swartz, 26, who helped create Reddit, was put on trial for breaking into MIT's computer system to access JSTOR academic articles of the digital library with the intention of making it available for free .

His family has accused prosecutors and officials from MIT, complicity in his death.

Sunday, a memorial to Swartz and a message requesting a revision of U.S. laws on computer crimes appeared on the websites of MIT. The message in red, said MIT had no responsibility, and apologized to the institution for "temporary use of their websites," but the prosecution Swartz described as a "flagrant denial of justice." It said:

"Whether or not the government has contributed to his suicide, the government prosecution Swartz was a grotesque error of justice, a perverse and distorted shadow of justice who died fighting for Aaron - Free public pension literature a publishing system that makes it inaccessible to most of those who paid for it - allowing collective improvement in the world by facilitating the exchange of -. an ideal that we should all support

"In addition, the situation was found in Aaron highlights the injustice of U.S. laws on computer crimes, in particular systems of punishment and justice negotiating provisional highly questionable act was without Aaron no doubt political activism. I had tragic consequences. "

The message, which also called for a reform of copyright and intellectual property law and a "free and unrestricted Internet", linked to a petition for the withdrawal of United States District Attorney Carmen Ortiz, who was accused by supporters Swartz using "exaggerated accusations."

"We call this tragedy as the basis for a renewed commitment and sign a free and unfettered Internet, free of censorship with equal access and free for all" said the message.

The institute did not immediately respond to questions from The Guardian anonymous message.


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