Digital Economy bill will ensure this happens here as well? How excellent - now we can first be hacked, then fined for the privilege.
Imagining the shutting-down of all open/free wifi-spots around Europe :-( Marianne > From: marc garrett <[email protected]> > Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 11:27:29 +0100 > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <[email protected]> > Subject: [NetBehaviour] German User Fined For Having an Open Wi-Fi. > > German User Fined For Having an Open Wi-Fi. > > "A German citizen was sued for copyright infringement because > copyrighted material was downloaded through his network while he was on > vacation. Although the court did not find him guilty of copyright > infringement, he was fined for not having password-protected his > network: 'Private users are obligated to check whether their wireless > connection is adequately secured to the danger of unauthorized third > parties abusing it to commit copyright violation,' the court said." > > BERLIN - Germany's top criminal court ruled Wednesday that Internet > users need to secure their private wireless connections by password to > prevent unauthorized people from using their Web access to illegally > download data. > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37107291/ns/technology_and_science-security/ > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
