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russotto

join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA

Re: Wireless is not a defense for clueless

On what grounds? 17 USC 512(a) removes liability for those who are deliberately providing access. If the access is being provided accidentally or even against the wishes of the provider (e.g. by someone hacking WEP), there's no grounds in the first place.

J D McDorce
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join:2001-12-29
Westland, MI

Re: Wireless is not a defense for clueless

17 USC 512(a) only refers to Copyright Infringement and is certainly not a Get Out of Jail Free Card for those providing (intentionally or not) wireless access.
doppler

join:2003-03-31
Blue Point, NY

Personal responsibility.

I am a member of the NRA. I will not leave a loaded gun
laying around for anybody to use. I use a wireless
connection. IT'S SECURE.

I can't get my boss to realize how bad it is to leave
an open connection via wireless. Things that could
happen because of an unsecured connection.

1. Lawsuit from RIAA/MPAA etc etc because someone
was out front of the business protesting RIAA tactics.
"Gee, your honour. I didn't know about those 10,000
illegal music files offered on my T1".

2. FBI/Local enforcement sting for child porn.
"Gee, your honour. I didn't know about those 1,000,000
illegal child porn files offered on my T1".

3. Getting blacklisted from every spam block list.
"Gee, I didn't know about those billions of spam messages
being passed through my T1".

Even if there is no legal standpoint. There is a point
where you must take responsibility.
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