[LINK] Wi-Fi
Jan Whitaker
jwhit at melbpc.org.au
Mon Apr 25 09:51:43 AEST 2011
At 07:55 AM 25/04/2011, Philip Argy wrote:
>http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-ny-case-underscores-wi-fi-privacy.html
Thanks, Philip.
In case folks don't get to the end, this bit was worth learning,
given our discussions about ISPs cutting off access for illegal downloading:
In Germany, the country's top criminal court ruled last year that
Internet users must secure their wireless connections to prevent
others from illegally downloading data. The court said Internet users
could be fined up to $126 if a third party takes advantage of their
unprotected line, though it stopped short of holding the users
responsible for illegal content downloaded by the third party.
The ruling came after a musician sued an Internet user whose wireless
connection was used to download a song, which was then offered on an
online file sharing network. The user was on vacation when the song
was downloaded.
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