[LINK] Labels may be losing money,

[Stilgherrian]

Thanks for finding this, Stephen. What's rather interesting is how The  
Inquirer's story that was first linked to vastly overstates the scale  
of the shut-down.

On 15/11/2009, at 12:40 PM, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
> http://www.coshoctontribune.com/article/20091109/UPDATES01/91109015/Illega
> l-movie-download-forces-shutdown-of-free-Wi-Fi


" ... a free wireless Internet connection available in the block  
surrounding the Coshocton County Courthouse at 318 Main St."

and

"Mike LaVigne, IT director, said the number of people who access the  
Internet using the connection varies widely, from perhaps a dozen  
people a day to 100 during busy times such as First Fridays and the  
Coshocton Canal Festival.

It’s used by Coshocton County Sheriff’s deputies who can park in the  
300 block and complete a traffic or incident report without leaving  
their vehicle. Out-of-town business people can park and use their  
laptops to make connections."



However The Inquirer ends up saying...

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/opinion/1562057/the-mpaa-runs-amok

"... the MPAA forced the town to shut down its entire free municipal  
WiFi network ..."

and

"The closure of the network means that the Coshocton County Sheriff's  
deputies can't complete a traffic or incident report and out-of-town  
business people can't park in town and use their laptops to connect to  
the Internet."



Well, they can't do these things *using that specific free network*,  
though of course there are other options for connecting to the internet.

Stil



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