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Policy, back at the table is ta-nehisi, and i want to bring in lawrence lessig, from edmond j.safra center, and larry is the founder of creative commons. i want to play this clip of aaron. the issue here, the core issue here, is this tremendous battle thats hang right now. a definitional battle about what property looks like in the 21st century, basically. what access looks like. who can get what information. who controls information. and that was the -- one of the animating causes that aaron wa...

I think your friends will understand. oh no, its actually my geico app...see? ...i just uh paid my bill. did you really? from the plane? yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much access geico 24/7. sounds a little too good to be true sir. ill believe that when pigs fly. ok, did she seriously just say that? geico. just click away with our free mobile app. weve decided to were all having such a great year in the gulf, put aside our rivalry. cause all our states are great. ...

Wherever it is stored, make our copies, share them with the world. we need to find for guerilla open access. aaron downloaded a bunch of documents, which you had to pay a fee for reasons that remain totally unclear to access. and said, this is public information. these are public legal documents. but the very -- theres something to transgresses ive about the act of seizing and doing it. its in such a different category than the kinds of actions that 99% of the population feel theyre able to do. ...

Swartz who earlier died of suicide at age 26. he was a remarkable figure. in addition to being a hacker, activist, a writer, programmer and he possessed the extraordinarily rare and powerful combination of technical skill and political acumen. 14 he created ras, tool used to subscribe online. at 16 he created common license. at 19 he co-founded a company. and he founded demand progress, that led the fight against censorship bill. at the time of his death he was under federal indictment for downl...

To peter, that i couldnt let that happen. >> the irony here is in the statement of the u.s. attorney for district of massachusetts in the press release, regarding aarons case, that office said stealing is stealing whether you use a computer command or a crowbar, whether you take documents, data or dollars, its equally harmful to a victim whether you sell what you have stolen or give it away. to me thats the fundamental question, stealing is stealing. this is the concept of information and bytes ...

Should this man be arrested. find me on twitter at dave briggs tv. quick thinking helped save her members life. something is wrong with my mom. >> are you with your now? >> yes. >> how that 5-year-old there saved the day. illegal immigration policy disqualified if you drive drunk but open access if you steal someones identity. well explain at the top of the hour.

They are most likely to suppress the vote of. young voters, african-american voters particularly and now with the new voter purge, latino voters. michael, what do you say, when you hear this? >> well you know, i believe in having fair and open access to the ballot box. i think that you know, like a lot of things in this country, thats underreported what happens on election day. at various polling places around the country. i mean people generally dont you know, highlight the problems that may oc...

Here, have you open access, as you can see, to the staff offices, extensive computer monitor and drawers here. the total cost up upwards of almost $2,000 and the congressman wasnt happy. as a prosecutor, you must be formulating theories. >> it is not hard for me to figure out. the doors were locked. so its somebody who has a key. and has access to all the offices, that someone who is smart enough to know where the cameras are and where they are not and who would not garner attention walking out ...

Think? >> lock your doors. >> here, four offices were hit. three to house committees and the fourth to congressman lewis, his chief of staff had something very important stolen from her. >> on april 23, somebody -- or some people broke into our office and took things that didnt belong to them, for instance, they took my easter eggs. they were in this bowl. and they were from many presidents starting with jimmy carter, from the time jerry was first here and they were all signed by jimmy and the f...

able to help others through organ donation. in just about 2 1/2 hours, the high school sophomore accused of shooting five fellow students, three of whom have now died, is due to appear in juvenile court. the states attorney general says that it is likely that 17-year-old tj lane will be tried as an adult. people who knew him said that lane was a guarded boy, from a troubled family. for more on that and the victims and the fallout from yesterdays terrible attack, i want to bring in my c...