Re: WiFi piracy?

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Author: Steve Smith
Date:  
To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: WiFi piracy?
Alan Dayley wrote:
> ...
> First off I don't like the term piracy as it blurs the true legal definition
> of various illegal acts. The original definition of the word has to do with
> ships and the high seas. Recently it is usually associated with copyright
> infringement and that is incorrect, IMO. So I am not sure you can apply
> piracy to using another's wifi.


I don't know why I find this amusing, but it occurs to me that "they"
have done to "pirate" the opposite of what they did to "hacker".

<Long John>
"Arr! They be sayin wussy landlubbers usin' unlicensed software be
pirates! They oughtta be keelhauled!"
</Long John>

Steve

Waiting patiently for Talk Like a Pirate day - Monday, September 19.
http://talklikeapirateday.com/
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