> Unfortunately this will come no where near close to the President's eyeballs. I'm not so sure. Obama must have been aware of the protests over SOPA last year

> Unfortunately this will come no where near close to the President's eyeballs. I'm not so sure. Obama must have been aware of the protests over SOPA last year, because it was a major news item. Swartz' death is almost as big a news item; certainly the UK media have given it significant coverage[1]. I would imagine that Obama is aware at least of roughly who Swartz was and why people are angry, and so are most other US politicians. And we all saw how quickly they caved on SOPA. 1. E.g. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/15/aaron-swartz-husband-prosecutor-criticises http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/15/aaron-swart... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263084/Aaron-Swartzs-father-claims-Reddit-founder-son-hounded-death-government.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263084/Aaron-Swartz... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/technology-obituaries/9799189/Aaron-Swartz.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/technology-obitua... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colleagues-of-seer-of-the-web-aaron-swartz-face-dark-questions-over-his-suicide-8451389.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colleagues-...