MattyJ wrote:
On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:47:00 -0700, Paul G. Allen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
DJA wrote:
So, with the Wifi analogy, the trash analogy does not work. To truly
steal the use of his can, I'd have to store my trash in it before
trash day such that he could not use it. Then it would sit there
until he put the can out on the curb. Not to mention the trespassing
(already mentioned) to get it into his can. If his can is left on the
street, then I may not be trespassing, but I'm still impeding his
ability to use the can.
Not necessarily. The Wifi is a service that I'm paying for, I expect
that only I'm going to be using it, not some freeloader across the
street. How about another analogy?
Let's say I'm a rich guy and I have my own chauffer. He lives in my
house and is on call 24/7. I pay him very well for this service. I
don't get up to go to work until noon because, well, I'm rich. But my
neighbor leaves at 9am every day. He decides, on his own, without
asking me or telling me, that he can save money by utilizing my driver
for free. In fact, he sells his car because he doesn't need it any
more. For some reason my idiot driver agrees to this and doesn't tell
me either. Is this okay? I'm not being deprived of my driver because
I'm never up at 9am. Nobody gets hurt. Nobody is the wiser. But the
fact is I'm paying for a service that I expect to be there for my
exclusive use 24/7. It doesn't make it okay because I'm unawares.
If that's the service you want, then it is up to you to specify that
with him. Same thing with the WAP.
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