On Thursday 07 July 2005 08:23 pm, Prescott Oelke wrote: you all don't really get the point. none of the analogies really matter. it is a radio broadcast. it goes out into the air. it is as public as "air" is. this is a fact. however, none of this matters, in that the law has been written such that it is a crime to use it. the law is bad. it is as bad as making it a crime to breathe air. > On 7/7/05, unixprgrmr01@netscape.net wrote: > > "Your door is wide open, you're broadcasting invitations, you give me > > your address, you give me directions, you authorize me to enter, and you > > give me a lease (which can be renewed or may never expire)." > > > > YOU FOLKS SEEM TO BE FORGETTING ABOUT INTENT! If I do not intend for > > anyone to use my hookup to the net then regardless of others > > observations, whatever they may be, it is theft of services and use of > > hardware that I have paid for. > > > > Lynn > > I could argue that the very fact that your unsecured signal was > brodcasting into a public place (or through the walls of my house) > constitutes your intent for me to use it. Don't want me to use it? Put > up some "keep out" and "no tresspassing" signs (even WEP or WPA would > be enough to prove your true intent) or don't broadcast a public > signal into my backyard. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Registered Linux User: 275424 Today's Fortune: World War Three can be averted by adherence to a strictly enforced dress code! --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss