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this is a very bad idea! Since the concept of "Störerhaftung" got introduced (interferer accountability), the account holder will be held liable for copyright
by killerpopiller 14y ago
this is a very bad idea!
Since the concept of "Störerhaftung" got introduced (interferer accountability), the account holder will be held liable for copyright infringement.
This is not hyptothetical. It happened to a friend of mine, she has to pay around 1500€ I think.
- xur17 14y agoI really wish some service (such as Fon) would provide a vpn service that I could setup and automatically route all guest traffic through. This way Fon could establish themselves as an ISP, and be protected legally (common carrier), and I wouldn't have to worry about what people are doing with my wifi. I've also though about setting up a guest network that routes over Tor. This way none of the traffic could be traced back to me. Basically, I would love to provide free wifi for neighbors to use that is limited to a few mbps, but I don't want to have to deal with the legal risks associated with this.