Are you kidding? Aaron was a criminal who committed felonies to get what HE THOUGHT should be free out to the masses. Look at it however you will; one man's criminal is another man's activist. Federal law has a lot to say about computer crimes and recklessly stealing data isn't the way to get around it. Just because he was able to view the documents on JSTOR and other areas doesn't mean others were allowed to do the same. He's just a thief who got caught and he's absolutely not a hero or a "martyr" as some have pointed out in the past; if he couldn't handle the consequences he shouldn't have done what he did.