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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. Duh? by Wattos · · Score: 5, Interesting

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

    Ontopic:
    This baffles me on how money is wasted on anti-piracy. This case should have been dismissed at the very beginning. How can you blame someone simply on the basis of ownership? This is like suing an owner of a car for not locking his car, because his car stolen and used in a crime.

    What happens if I use WEP encryption? Would I be liable as well? I wish that the media corporations stopped trolling and started creating some business models which actually make sense in this day and age. All others have already moved forward.

    1. Re:Duh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

      The model is to banish our perpetual copyright, and go back to a sane amount of years until works enter the public domain.

      I think 25 years is reasonable. At that rate, every movie from 1987 & before would be public domain, and we could have a decent selection on hulu.

      Then, I might be willing to pay for a new movie...

      business models that can undercut piracy which don't also involve a large cut in revenues.

      Lobbying for new laws should not be a 'business model.' Who cares if they have to take a revenue cut? They backed themselves into this corner, fuck 'em, they *should* be taking a revenue cut.