Congresswoman: Aarons Law to Honor Aaron Swartz Is Only the Beginning

'Aaron's Law' is just the beginning of a more exhaustive reform of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a law being used to prosecute Internet activist and hacker Aaron Swartz, said Democratic California Rep. Zoe Lofgren in an interview with Mashable.

"The statute, which was adopted in 1986, needs a whole, complete overhaul," Lofgren said in a phone interview. "But that's likely to take a very long time. So I'm very keen to work on a complete overhaul while on a parallel track, I'm hopeful we can make these discreet changes."

On Tuesday evening, Lofgren posted the one-page bill on Reddit. Under her proposal, the violation of online terms of service would stop being a felony.

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