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So he wasn't taking a moral stand? But he believed he was doing something for the greater good and took some measures (albeit small ones) to avoid being 'caught.' He didn't do it from his "home network" at Harvard.

So JSTOR is basically a library and they do business with libraries and have some fees but access it generally free and affordable in a lot of contexts. I'm not aware that they restrict access to things. What exactly was the greater good? He just didn't like JSTOR's terms and the fees? Or was there something else? It just wasn't "free enough?"

And MLK Jr's name is being tossed around? Are we serious?



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