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		bcl on Sept 16, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Aaron Swartz Legal Defense Fund If you want people to donate to your cause you need to do a couple things: 1. Include some background on why I should care. 2. Provide some level of assurance that this page is actually linked to the issue at hand and isn't just a phishing scheme.

_delirium on Sept 16, 2012 | [–]

#2 seems reasonably certain, since aaronsw.com has been Aaron Swartz's domain for a while now. As for background: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4528083

hollerith on Sept 16, 2012 | [–]

I can attest that aaronsw.com has been under the control of the Aaron Swartz for years and years. (I know because I just grepped my bookmarks file.)

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