Four protesters gathered by the MIT General Counsel’s office in Building 7 on Sunday and shared their views on the Aaron Swartz case with reporters. MIT, they said, should publicly stand up for its institutional principles of openness and free information. From left to right: Michael McCarthy, Jacob Brennan, and Frank Romanelli, all from Rhode Island; and Ben Hitov, a software engineer working in Cambridge.

Ethan A. Solomon—The Tech

Four protesters gathered by the MIT General Counsel’s office in Building 7 on Sunday and shared their views on the Aaron Swartz case with reporters. MIT, they said, should publicly stand up for its institutional principles of openness and free information. From left to right: Michael McCarthy, Jacob Brennan, and Frank Romanelli, all from Rhode Island; and Ben Hitov, a software engineer working in Cambridge. Ethan A. Solomon—The Tech