It will be interesting to see what MIT's response to Aaron's allies were...Edward Tufte said that he went to bat on behalf of Aaron with JSTOR (who more or less dropped their case), others must have done so with MIT. Did those petitions get to the right people? And if so, what justification did those MIT officials use to carry on with the case?
Also, did MIT feel any pressure from the Justice Department to carry on with the case? Perhaps MIT was reluctant to take action against Aaron but was convinced by the DoJ that something had to be done?
Also, did MIT feel any pressure from the Justice Department to carry on with the case? Perhaps MIT was reluctant to take action against Aaron but was convinced by the DoJ that something had to be done?