To: The United States House of Representatives
Support Rep. Lofgren's 'Aaron's Law'
Please add your support to Representative Lofgren's proposed 'Aaron's Law', which will remove Terms of Service violations from the CFAA and treat those violations like any other breach of contract.
Why is this important?
One of the brightest and most active young leaders of the internet generation, Aaron Swartz, took his life last week. He did so at least in part due to over-zealous prosecution of a violation of a Terms of Service breach; a violation that had already been resolved between Swartz and the institution that was affected. This sort of violation should be treated as any other civil breach of contract, rather than as a criminal offense.