Aaron swartz day was founded, in 20, after the death of aaron swartz, with these combined goals. Swartz s groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing combined with his aggressive approach to information access that ensnared him in a two year legal nightmare. Aaron swartz movie charts rise and demise of the internet. The film premiered in the us documentary competition program category at the 2014 sundance film festival on january 20, 2014. The story of aaron swartz 2014 before watching this documentary, i must admit that i did not know much about aaron swartz. The movie includes interviews with aarons family and colleagues, as. The documentary has received much acclaim and deservedly so. Aaron schwartz is a new york native who began his acting career at an early age. Aaron also reunited with former and future castmates michelle trachtenberg and danny tamberelli, playing clem lanell in. The internets own boy is an insightful and informative documentary about aaron swartz who facing the possibility of 35 years in jail for downloading intellectual journals at mit committed. Aaron hillel swartz november 8, 1986 january 11, 20 was an american computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and internet hacktivist. I recognised the name and knew he was a legend in the history of the internetworldwideweb, but the movie opened my eyes to his achievements and influence. The story of aaron swartz go find this on the internet and buy it. For downloading some academic papers from a server at mit.
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The film had a limited video on demand release in december 2017 on reelhouse and in january 2018 on pivotshare. The story of aaron swartz 2014 starring aaron swartz and tim bernerslee on dvd and bluray. It features interviews with his family and friends as well as the internet luminaries who worked with him. From swartzs help in the development of the basic internet protocol rss. Movie about mit hacktivist aaron swartz in the works the. The story of aaron swartz is a documentary that highlights the life and work of internet influencer aaron swartz, while also questioning how much control we have over the internet and the ways that greed affects the amount of information that people can access. We see his developing inquiry from a very young age, as well as the effects of his personal relationships and subsequent political victories. Jun 27, 2014 the internets own boy explores life, death of aaron swartz swartz was a digital savant helping create the web at age 14 he died from apparent suicide facing decades in prison. Unaware of aaron swartz full story, i was thankful for this eyeopening film. Aaron swartz, aaron swartz, an american computer programmer, writer, political organizer and internet activist, was prosecuted for many violations of the computer fraud and abuse act of 1986 cfaa, after downloading a great many academic journal articles through the mit computer network from a source for which he had an account as a. He was arrested in january 6, 2011 and charged with illegally downloading files from jstor. With aaron swartz, tim bernerslee, cindy cohn, gabriella coleman.
The internets own boy depicts the life of american computer programmer, writer, political organizer and internet activist aaron swartz. From swartz s help in the development of the basic internet protocol rss to his cofounding of reddit, his fingerprints are. Aaron swartz simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A selfmade millionaire by the age of 19, he cofounded reddit. Chronicling programming prodigy aaron swartzs efforts crusading for open access and the resulting legal nightmare and tragedy that ensued, the internets own boy is a dynamic portrait of a brilliant tech millionaire who renounced the values of silicon valley startup culture and used technology to tirelessly fight for social justice, no matter what the cost. He died on january 11, 20 in brooklyn, new york city, new york, usa. Aaron hillel swartz november 8, 1986 januar 11, 20 wis an american computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, poleetical organizer, an internet hacktivist. Aaron swartzs brilliant life and tragic death rolling stone. Aaron swartz was a young, bright genius who believed in the open internet. The life and work of programming prodigy and information activist aaron swartz. Patriot of the web is an independent biographical film about aaron swartz, written and directed by darius burke. All but a mustsee for anyone who knows enough to care about the way laws govern information transfer in the digital age, brian knappenbergers the internets own boy. This film is a personal story about what we lose when we are tone deaf about. Aaron swartz movie charts rise and demise of the internets.
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