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Finland: Open WiFi Access Point Owner Not Liable For Infringement

Posted by Unknown on from the pirating-play-goers dept.

New submitter mjrauhal writes "In Finland, the operator of an open WiFi access point was found not guilty for copyright infringement allegedly committed over said access point. The operation of such access points would have become legally risky were this decided otherwise. Appeal by the Finnish Anti-Piracy Center is still possible for this district court ruling."

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  1. It's illegal in Germany. by purpledinoz · · Score: 5, Informative

    In Germany, you are legally obligated to secure your wifi. There's a reason why the Pirate Party is receiving many votes in the state elections. If you're in Germany, a lot of YouTube videos (most of them are legit) are blocked because of GEMA (the German RIAA). I've heard that some bands aren't even allowed to post their OWN music on YouTube because GEMA won't allow this. My guess is that the old East German Stasi was just renamed to GEMA.

  2. Re:Duh? by mcgrew · · Score: 4, Informative

    Offtopic: Can we please automatically delete all posts with links to my clean pc?

    That's one of the things the little black flag is for -- flagging spam so the /. administrators can review and delete it. Just click the flag when you see spam.

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