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The right person to contrast with Aaron Swartz is Alexandra Elbakyan. She got it done without any of the drama, fuss, or prominent mentors.

She absolutely got it done, but not surprisingly there was still significant legal backlash she had to deal with.

Yeah, I'm not saying it was easy for her. Quite the opposite!

I guess it helped she lived in Russia? where she could throw the US governments laws into the garbage bin?