The source is the book of that name, written by an US lawyer. There's some discussion and better sources on Google.

Here's a debunking: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/22530/does-the-...

It's a meme passed around the right-o-sphere based on deliberately misreading laws and/or constructing insane scenarios.

It has no statistics behind it, just made-up stories.

Remind me to tell Aaron Swartz how abusive & capricious prosecution is just a figment of his imagination...

That's not anywhere close to what we're talking about, and fuck you for making light of his death.