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Key Takeaways:

• Aaron Swartz was an internet prodigy and activist who significantly contributed to early internet technologies (like RSS) and passionately championed open access to information.
• He faced aggressive federal prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for downloading academic articles from JSTOR, intending to make them freely available.
• The immense legal pressure and threat of a lengthy prison sentence tragically led to his suicide at age 26.
• The film critically examines the fight for a free and open internet, the perceived overreach of copyright laws, and the severity of the U.S. justice system's response to Swartz's actions.

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