Sure, just like Aaron Swartz was persecuted for "recklessly damaging a protected computer" and "wire fraud" not for any other reasons at all and btw the State wasn't at all involved in murdering him, he did that to himself, probably because he felt guilty for having damaged so many computers....
Of course. When it's criminal to make information open and accessible, only criminals will make information open and accessible.
A centuries old problem. Early translations of the Bible to English were illegal or required licenses.
William Tyndale was put to death for translating the Bible into English, which would have been an act to make information open and accessible.
> William Tyndale was put to death for translating the Bible into English
That's not what he was put to death for. See https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/tyndales-her... and https://www.chinakasreflections.com/did-the-roman-catholic-c...
Sure, just like Aaron Swartz was persecuted for "recklessly damaging a protected computer" and "wire fraud" not for any other reasons at all and btw the State wasn't at all involved in murdering him, he did that to himself, probably because he felt guilty for having damaged so many computers....