I'd have hoped the U.S. authorities had learned more about technology and the legal ins-and-outs by now, after the debacle involving computer programmer, writer, political organizer, and Internet activist Aaron Swartz

Swartz was a freedom of information advocate who fought for the public's right to access tax-funded academic and scientific research, culminating in a personally devastating two-year Federal lawsuit by a headline-hungry US Attorney who filed a 13-count felony charge, threatening Swartz with over $1 million in fines and up to 35 years of jail time.

Swartz took his own life at age 26. See the stunning, sad documentary, "The Internet's Own Boy."