Things have changed immensely in the last two years in France. WRT laws/regulations etc, I can think of three important changes:
1. you no longer have to apply to ART (telecom/airwaves authority) to operate an AP in your own home (yes at the beginning, I was supposed to and actually did, write a letter requesting a licence for using an RG-1000 in my home!) 2. you can now use any of the first 13 channels without fear that the Gendarmes or the military will come crashing through your door (previously channels 1-9 or 10 or whatever were reserved for the military!) 3. you can now sell Wifi access (a la starbucks etc) To get back to Yuri's question, I'm really not sure what the laws are concerning accessing someone's AP without express prior consent (and let's not go back to "does a DHCP server offering an IP address consitute an invitation..."). I remember discussing this a couple of years ago on a French list, opinion was divided IIRC, pretty much like previous discussions here. Note that there are now 25 countries in the EU, each with its own laws and telecom/airwaves authority. For more info for Paris http://www.paris-sansfil.info/CartePSF2004 (map showing 'open' nodes, like NYC node owners add their own node to the DB) Couldn't find a forum for the moment, I know there are mailing lists however (and yes you'll be able to ask your question in English ;) For France http://www.wireless-fr.org/spip/ HTH Christopher Paris 12e -----Original Message----- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:05:02 -0400 From: Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Using Open Nodes in France?] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 02:29:37PM -0400, Yury G wrote: > Is anyone familiar with how the law, gov't regulations, or ISP > user-agreements treat the situation of using a stranger's residential > access point to get onto the internet with/without them knowing? If I, > for example, use a stranger's access point to browse the web am I > violating a particular law or agreement? Is this legal grey area in > the EU and France (that depends on a number or factors)? Or is it more > clearly violating one of the above? > > thanks, > Yury Hi Yuri, we used to have a Madmouselle Joanna Troufaut of (the renamed) paris-sanfil.net that would be a good athority on such things. I recall from her talks that france was very restrictive with wifi access. But that may have gotten less restritive in the last 2 yrs. -Kev -- (__) (oo) /------\/ / | || * /\---/\ ~~ ~~ ...."Have you mooed today?"... This email communication is confidential and is intended solely for whom it is addressed. Copying, or re-using in any way by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of GL TRADE or any of its affiliates. If you have received this mail in error, please destroy the copy in your possession and notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email communication is confidential and is intended solely for whom it is addressed. Copying, or re-using in any way by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of GL TRADE or any of its affiliates. If you have received this mail in error, please destroy the copy in your possession and notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
