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I'd consider advertising Facebook on a wifi hotspot as soon as they offer to pay for it by assuming liability for customers using that hotspot to share a bunch
by dangrossman 13y ago
I'd consider advertising Facebook on a wifi hotspot as soon as they offer to pay for it by assuming liability for customers using that hotspot to share a bunch of film and TV show torrents. As long as courts keep pretending that an IP address is the same as a person, it doesn't make sense for small businesses with small pockets to offer free wifi.
- natrius 13y agoPretty much every coffee shop and at least half of the restaurants I walk into offer wifi, so I think the problem is smaller than you claim.
- shin_lao 13y agoIt's pretty easy to limit the bitrate by client. In addition with Facebook wifi, people might be less inclined to bad behavior as they use their facebook account (granted, they could create a bogus one, but still, that makes them traceable).
- IvyMike 13y agoBut those cases have mostly been open unauthenticated wifi, no? If I'm understanding this, this provides the courts a traceable way to go after an authenticated person (or at least, a facebook account) rather than just an IP address. I think the courts that have pretended that "IP=person" have done so because they don't have anything better.
- Kiro 13y agoMost cafés and restaurants offer free WiFi so not sure what you're on about.