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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."

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  1. Re:Malicious Intent by Sobieski · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Open WiFi = indecent exposure?

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    Particles, stuff that matters.
  2. Re:first poSt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's like he's trying to speak to me, I know it.

  3. America, This Land Is Whore Land by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    People are talking -

    - and people are leaving.

    America could turn into martial law tomorrow and many of us wouldnt be surprised one bit. Most of us would continue licking our XBOXes and WIIs, posting on our blogs, and paying taxes to the dictatorship, whining about where the money goes while continuing to fund the source of their frustration.

    Unmanned drones flying over forests looking for marijuana (didnt George Washington say something about spreading the hemp seed? Yes, hemp and marijuana differences, I know),

    helicopters with FLIR gazing at infrared screens,

    all in an effort to prevent citizens from growing their own medicine.

    The street price of marijuana stays up high, rather than plummeting through legalization to the price of green tea, drug lords giggling along with corrupt law enforcement, people paying and begging their doctors for less effective, addictive pills to pop,

    No coffins being shown on American TV news, its all about distraction,

    Two parties anally stuffed by Corporations and Big Pharma,

    Non violent drug offenders and file sharers thrown into prison to be anally raped by gang members and introduced into the possibility of dying from AIDS,

    Katrina opened the eyes of many around the world,

    The television is the worst drug of them all, and its legal,

    People programmed to obey,

    Hallucinogenic plants demonized (war on perception, control the media control the mind), medical studies of these plants eliminated for years,

    (Read Food of the Gods by Terence Mckenna)

    Marijuana still Schedule I with no medicinal benefit which is a lie, while Foxglove and Datura are legal and both could easily kill you if misused,

    People are moving OUT of America, they are tired of the brainwashing, If you dont like it here leave No, Ill stay and make a difference doesnt matter any more, the system in America refuses change.

    When you love your country but everyone around you is asleep and no one wants to participate in their local government because they are all too busy working to pay taxes and ever rising costs on everything in a fake economy, when and where does change happen?

    The NL is looking more and more attractive every day.

    Learn a second language and investigate your options, or get involved in your local government and work for change. If you value your privacy use Tor , GPG with the enigmail plugin add-on for Thunderbird, Truecrypt and an open source operating system like Ubuntu Linux .

  4. MPP.org Medical Marijuana Study by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MPP.org Medical Marijuana Study

    Please download and print the flyer below and post it wherever you think qualifying medical marijuana patients may see it.

    A Study to Assess Whether Using Vaporized Marijuana Affects the Safety of Prescribed Opioids in Patients Treated for Chronic Pain

    http://mpp.org/assets/pdfs/download-materials/adrams-flyer.html
    http://mpp.org/assets/pdfs/download-materials/Abrams_Flyer.pdf
    http://mpp.org/assets/pdfs/download-materials/Abrams_Flyer.jpg

    This study will assess the clinical safety of using marijuana with opioids by monitoring the short-term side effects associated with combined therapy.

    To Join This Study you MUST:

    - Have ongoing chronic pain
    - Be 18 or older
    - Be taking either OxyContin or MS Contin (or Kadian) tiwce daily
    - Be willing to give up marijuana for a month prior to entering study
    - Not be a cigarette and/or cigar smoker, or be willing not to smoke for two weeks before starting the study
    - Meet some additional criteria

    If you are eligible, you will:

    - Spend five days and nights in a clinical research center at San Francisco General Hospital
    - Have blood tests and other measurements done
    - Inhale vaporized medical marijuana three times a day

    You can receive $520 for participating

    For more information call (415) 476-9554 ext. 315

    If you qualify but need assistance with transportation to San Francisco, Write Josh Sonstroem At MAPS at accounting@maps.org

    Community Consortium
    Positive Health Program of the UCSF Medical Service At San Francisco General Hospital

  5. not so sure about that by westlake · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    step 3:instant immunity for all
    .

    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.

  6. Help with a wi fi questionaire by SCY+Unlimited · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey dudes and dudettes, Sorry to bother you during our long (and very wet!) summer holidays. As some of you know I am participating in the EDGE Programme 2008 and as part of the EDGE programme (http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/edge) at Glasgow University, I am researching an innovative business idea. For this, I am conducting a quick and easy 4-question survey of people's air travel habits for an exciting new service. The link for the survey is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=3DllA5v3ecD6FQRpkhgeh_2fpg_3d_3d It takes literally 90 seconds, and would help us enormously. If you can find the time, your feedback would be great. From Sumeet University of Glasgow