How Downloading Too Much Destroyed Reddit's Founder

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Aaron Swartz image: Sage Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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0:02 Z on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SfOP0dyX08 Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
0:05 Image of Aaron Swartz: Fred Benenson / www.fredbenenson.com, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
0:21 Daniel J. Sieradski, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
0:40 Quinn Norton, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
2:22 Raindrop Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LAN4pmNElE Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
3:18 Joi, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
3:28 Videos from the Aaron Swartz investigation, released by the U.S Secret Service under the Freedom of Information Act after a request by Wired https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL11OBefj1HUaUAwSB7ADlH3b3ELI1guh3 Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
7:38 Jacob Appelbaum from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
8:31 Peretz Partensky, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
10:48 Timothy Krause via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/timothykrause/8417553781 Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
10:53 Gohsuke Takama, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
11:06 Sage Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
11:34 Alec Perkins from Hoboken, USA, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Sage Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
11:49 Daniel J. Sieradski, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Interviews referenced:
0:26 War for the Web interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OhyBJxg9RA
0:56 Interview for Steal This Film II (Short 2007)
8:08 Memorial: O’Reilly on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Fz1V3LZtw Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)