[LINK] Open Wifi threatened in UK
Jan Whitaker
jwhit at janwhitaker.com
Sun Mar 7 12:48:19 AEDT 2010
U.K. bill would 'outlaw open Wi-Fi'
The U.K. government will not exempt universities, libraries, and
small businesses providing open Wi-Fi services from its Digital
Economy Bill copyright crackdown, according to official advice
released earlier this week.
This would leave many organizations open to the same penalties for
copyright infringement as individual subscribers, potentially
including disconnection from the Internet, leading legal experts to
say it will become impossible for small businesses and the like to
offer Wi-Fi access.
Lilian Edwards, professor of Internet law at Sheffield University,
told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the scenario described by the
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) in an
explanatory document would effectively "outlaw open Wi-Fi for small
businesses" and would leave libraries and universities in an
uncertain
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