this clip from the new documentary "the internet's own boy: the story of aaron swartz" describes the successful campaign. >> wikipedia when black, craigslist web black, phone lines on capitol hill melted. members of congress were rushing to issue statements. it was for me to believe after all of this, we had one. the thing everyone said was impossible, that some of the biggest companies in the world had written off as a pipe dream, had happened. we did it. we won. this is a historic week in internet politics. >> a thing we heard from people in washington, d.c. was they were receiving more e-mails and phone calls on the blackout date and they had received about anything. i think that was an extremely exciting moment. is easy sometimes to feel like you're powerless. you come out in the streets and march and yell and nobody hears you. i am here to tell you today, you are powerful. >> the film premiered at the sundance film festival in park city, utah last month. aaron swartz inspired organizers to create today's, "the day we .ight back" protest >> we go to san francisco where we're join