Aaron Swartz, the co-creator of RSS and Reddit, died Friday by his own hand. He was charged with wire fraud, computer fraud and other crimes after he accessed and downloaded over 4 million articles from the JSTOR online database through MIT’s network. If convicted, he could have faced up to 35 years in prison and a fine of US$1 million. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren’s proposed amendment to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is under consideration.”]
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