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I found myself thinking that too, but unlike some typical logic puzzle situations the underlying events seem sound as well. If you really do provide free public
by dcx 16y ago
I found myself thinking that too, but unlike some typical logic puzzle situations the underlying events seem sound as well. If you really do provide free public wifi access (from your house or a cafe), how does the law handle random peoples' illegal downloads? I know that in some cases, since they can't be identified the buck stops with you. But you'd be treated much less severely given that you might not be the person causing the harm...
- ErrantX 16y agoI don't think the buck would stop with you (I think it's a legally grey area still) BUT your opening up yourself to inconvenience if it's used for something outright illegal - because your computers will end up being seized to establish if it was you or not. And then there's the potential personal guilt of having facilitated someone committing a crime (I guess that is an individual thing but some would feel it)
- bluedanieru 16y agoLawyers roll their eyes at things like this not necessarily because they think so-and-so is being a smart-ass but because they've learned to understand why a particular law is put in place and who paid for it to be put there. In this case the political and legal establishment have decided they are going to do the bidding of copyright kingpins and this law is just a tool to help them do that. Any judge (or magistrate as the case may be) will throw this kind of crap out because loopholes and the like are for rich shitpokes and corporations, not average citizens with enough time on their hands to pick apart poorly written legislation. Depressing, isn't it?