After receiving online feedback, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., released an...
After receiving online feedback, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., released an updated draft of “Aaron’s Law” -- a bill to reform the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) that she announced after the suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz in January…
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-- Lofgren said Friday on Reddit, which Swartz co-founded (http://xrl.us/bod6sn). The new draft would limit “the scope of CFAA by defining ‘access without authorization’ as the circumvention of technological access barriers,” she said. The new draft contains the original language, which would decriminalize terms-of-service violations. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., commented on Lofgren’s post, saying he is “looking forward to taking the lead in the Senate."