Lawmaker to Introduce 'Aaron's Law'

Bill named in honor of activist Aaron Swartz

California Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) plans to introduce a bill that would amend the penalties in a computer-hacking law that was cited as the reason Internet activist and Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz took his own life last Friday. She's calling it "Aaron's Law."

Lofgren posted a draft of her simple, two-page bill Tuesday night on Reddit.

Swartz, 26, one of the organizers in the Internet community's successful protest of SOPA, was facing aggressive prosecution for downloading millions of files from MIT's network.

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