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 <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.
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