German User Fined For Having an Open Wi-Fi

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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Re:This is disgusting

[sexconker]

Free public Wi-Fi is one of the most important public services of the 21st century.

No.

Water, electricity, gas, roads, police, firemen, ambulances, etc.

Free public wifi is no where near the top of that list.

I know this is slashdot and you're all a bunch of fucking nerds, but there's a real world out there, and it's far more important than the fucking internet.