BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Demco Software//Event Management System//EN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20160229T193645Z DTSTAMP:20160229T193645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160229T193645Z DESCRIPTION:\n\nAaron Swartz was a zealous young\nadvocate for the free exchange of information and creative content online. The\nHighland Park native committed suicide in 2013 after being indicted by the\ngovernment for illegally downloading millions of academic articles from a\nnonprofit online database. In The Idealist: Aaron Swartz\nand the Rise of Free Culture on the Internet\, author Justin Peters examines Swartz\ns life in the context of 200 years of struggle over the control of information.\nMr. Peters is a correspondent for Slate and a contributing editor at\nthe Columbia Journalism Review. Copies of his book will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of the Book Stall at Chestnut Court. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\n\n
Aaron Swartz was a zealous young\nadvocate for the free exchange of information and creative content online. The\nHighland Park native committed suicide in 2013 after being indicted by the\ngovernment for illegally downloading millions of academic articles from a\nnonprofit online database. In The Idealist: Aaron Swartz\nand the Rise of Free Culture on the Internet\, author Justin Peters examines Swartz\ns life in the context of 200 years of struggle over the control of information.\nMr. Peters is a correspondent for Slate and a contributing editor at\nthe Columbia Journalism Review. Copies of his book will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of the Book Stall at Chestnut Court.