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German User Fined For Having an Open Wi-Fi

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the half-of-you-are-guilty dept.

Kilrah_il writes "A German citizen was sued for copyright infringement because copyrighted material was downloaded through his network while he was on vacation. Although the court did not find him guilty of copyright infringement, he was fined for not having password-protected his network: 'Private users are obligated to check whether their wireless connection is adequately secured to the danger of unauthorized third parties abusing it to commit copyright violation,' the court said."

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  1. This is GOOD news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    While some of you slashdoters cannot even grasp what this means:
    You can leave your wifi open, you can download anything you want, and the maximal fine will be 100 EUR!
    I call that a big win where users would be sued up to 10.000 EUR for downloading/sharing music - this will put a dramatic lid on those things.

    Cheers.

  2. Re:I see. by GungaDan · · Score: 5, Funny

    "This is the best post on /. I've read in years. Do you offer security consulting services?"

    Or bricks?

    --
    Eloi are stupid, throw morlocks at them!
  3. Re:I see. by MediaCastleX · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ever wonder if legal jargon is really just magic spells being spoken aloud? Lawyers and judges could actually be modern-day warlocks and witches locked in an eternal battle for good and evil on the battlefield of the court!