Aaron Swartz film trailer released to support campaign against govt. snoop-ops

The filmmaker behind the new Aaron Swartz documentary has reportedly used the film's trailer to launch a campaign against the government's alleged mass surveillance.

Swartz was a 26-year-old activist who committed suicide last year while under federal prosecution and was charged with stealing 4 million documents from MIT and JSTOR.

According to Cnet, the new trailer uses Swartz's words to spur more action and included clips of him talking about stopping the abuses of government surveillance.

Filmmaker Brian Knappenberger released the trailer in conjunction with a campaign against recently surfaced NSA surveillance projects.

Knappenberger, in the press release for the trailer, said that Swartz's story is more powerful and important now than ever, and telling the story of Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) for the film reminded him how dynamic that effort was.

The film, called "The Internet's Own Boy," is set for a premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next week, while the campaign would culminate in a day of protest, called "The Day We Fight Back," on February 11, the report added.