$400.00 fine and 40 hours of community service. While he didn't end up with a jail sentence, I still find this to be ridiculous.
::michael Virgil Bierschwale wrote: > This is about as stupid as it gets in my opinion. > > > > 1. Use free Wi-Fi, go directly to jail > > Note to WiFi users: Free is not free. If you tap into a free hot spot, you > could end up getting arrested. As I write > <http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1572521/138553/64605/0/> about in my > most recent blog, that's what happened to a Michigan man, when he was > arrested for tapping into a free Wi-Fi hot spot from his car rather than > from the cafe that sponsors the hot spot. > > Sam Peterson was arrested when he used the Union Street Cafe's hot spot by > parking his car nearby, rather than going inside and buying a drink. > According to the Web site ars Technica, he told a reporter, "I knew that the > Union Street had WiFi. I just went down and checked my e-mail and didn't see > a problem with that." > > I don't see a problem with it, either. But the police did...and so does the > state of Michigan. Michigan's "Fraudulent access to computers, computer > systems, and computer networks" law apparently bans such actions, even > though the Union Street Cafe's network is freely available. You need to be > inside the cafe rather than outside, in order to use it. > > This isn't the first time someone has been arrested for using free Wi-Fi. As > I wrote <http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1572521/138553/64606/0/> about > in a previous blog, an Alaskan man was arrested for using the free WiFi > network of a public library after hours, while parked in his car. > > These arrests are clearly ludicrous. The law needs to be clarified...and > free should mean free > > > > Virgil Bierschwale > > http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com > > http://www.jobsforourfuture.com/index.php > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
