Comment on Never Forget
koavf@lemmy.ml 4 months agoIt is not true that he was sentenced to 35 years in prison by US authorities for transferring and sharing scientific articles from JSTOR. It is true that he killed himself.
Comment on Never Forget
koavf@lemmy.ml 4 months agoIt is not true that he was sentenced to 35 years in prison by US authorities for transferring and sharing scientific articles from JSTOR. It is true that he killed himself.
AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 4 months ago
After googling it it seems he was charged and those were the estimate of years if convicted so
koavf@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
So?
AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 4 months ago
Looks likely he would have been convicted, especially considering the whole suicide thing??
koavf@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
I am genuinely disappointed that on an ostensibly science-related message board I see comments along the lines “this isn’t actually true, but it kinda-sorta is, therefore, inaccurate claims somehow aren’t misinformation”. If all kinds of counter-factual things were true, then all kinds of things would be true: what is the point of this hand-waving that to defend something that is riddled with untruths? Also, with whom did he purportedly share these documents? In 22 words, this person got no fewer than two things wrong and you are carrying water for what reason?