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Activists seek to promote reforms to protect innovators and Internet. Boston, Massachusetts (PRWEB) April 10, 2013 Today, on the day that Aaron Swartz's trial was set to have begun its second week, Demand Progress and Aaron Swartz's partner Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman announced that they are holding a noontime rally in Boston to raise awareness about the problems of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) this Saturday, April 13th. Swartz, who committed suicide on January 11, was...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Former Reddit executive and online activist Aaron Swartz was found dead of an apparent suicide in his Brookyln apartment on Friday, the Associated Press and other media outlets have reported. The 26-year-old Swartz, who according to CNN helped create the RSS specification when he was just 14, had hanged himself at home, a spokeswoman from the New York medical examiner’s office told reporters. He is often credited as being...

Citizens rally as oral argument nears in Kirtsaeng v. Wiley case in U.S. Supreme Court WASHINGTON, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 100,000 people have signed a petition urging the President and the Attorney General to support the "ownership rights" of all Americans. Ownership rights include the right to resell, give away, and otherwise use lawfully purchased goods in any lawful manner. The petitions were delivered today to leaders within the Obama...