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Open WiFi Owners Off the Hook In Germany
ulash writes "Ars Technica reports that a court in Germany ruled in favor of an open WiFi network owner stating that if other users use your open WiFi network without your consent and download copyrighted material, you cannot be automatically held responsible for their actions. This does not carry much (if any) weight in the US but here is to hoping that it will at least have a positive impact in the EU as starters."
Open WiFi = indecent exposure?
Particles, stuff that matters.
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How do you prove that the downloads went any farther than your own system?
You aren't looking at immunity, you are looking at the geek's fair-weather friend, "plausible deniability."
Two words that can make your lawyer cringe - even after calling his wife to tell her that the new kitchen "is a go."
The story that sells to a jury isn't always the story that can be sold your neighbors or your pastor. What your wife will be thinking when she sees the search warrant can't be printed here.
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