I am not a legal professional. I read another comment about shrink wrap licenses being unenforceable. This is untrue. I know people on Slashdot don't RTFA but don't pretend to know the current law on IP/contract law.
In ProCD, Inc., v Zeidenberg 86 F.3d 1447 (7th Cir. Ct. App. 1996) the Court of Appeals for the 7th circuit (Chicago is within the 7th) held, "Shrinkwrap licenses are enforceable unless their terms are objectionable on grounds applicable to contracts in general (for example, if they violate a rule of positive law, or if they are unconscionable)."
ProCD held that acceptance did not occur when software is purchased, but when the user clicks I AGREE to the EULA. Under this holding, customers can get a refund if they do not accept the proposed terms of the contract. This CA case furthers this general view of offer and acceptance under contract law.
I am not a lawyer - so please consult one. There is a common law cause of action in tort for invasion of privacy. Basically you sue the person, and hope for punitive damages since your actual compensatory damages are small. I would think you'd be able to find a lawyer to take this case on a contingency basis (usually 1/3 of recovery).
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/030906.Bo ttum.eathletics.html Should be no spaces in the actual URL
"Boilermaker football fans at Purdue University's Ross-Ade Stadium this fall will be able to score up-to-the-minute statistics, player and coach biographies and other electronic "infotainment" using personal digital assistants (PDAs) while cheering on the home team."
Take a look at what Purdue University does. They use a Cisco VPN client that is available on win/mac/linux/sun, and ties in with the student accounts to verify access. If you aren't using the VPN client, you are redirected to download it automagically.
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/airlink/
This is the best solution I have seen.
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I am not a legal professional.
I read another comment about shrink wrap licenses being unenforceable. This is untrue. I know people on Slashdot don't RTFA but don't pretend to know the current law on IP/contract law.
In ProCD, Inc., v Zeidenberg 86 F.3d 1447 (7th Cir. Ct. App. 1996) the Court of Appeals for the 7th circuit (Chicago is within the 7th) held, "Shrinkwrap licenses are enforceable unless their terms are objectionable on grounds applicable to contracts in general (for example, if they violate a rule of positive law, or if they are unconscionable)."
ProCD held that acceptance did not occur when software is purchased, but when the user clicks I AGREE to the EULA. Under this holding, customers can get a refund if they do not accept the proposed terms of the contract. This CA case furthers this general view of offer and acceptance under contract law.
I am not a lawyer - so please consult one. There is a common law cause of action in tort for invasion of privacy. Basically you sue the person, and hope for punitive damages since your actual compensatory damages are small. I would think you'd be able to find a lawyer to take this case on a contingency basis (usually 1/3 of recovery).
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See http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~tony/334/ethics/Privacy
Take a look at what Purdue Univeristy has done:
o ttum.eathletics.html
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/030906.B
Should be no spaces in the actual URL
"Boilermaker football fans at Purdue University's Ross-Ade Stadium this fall will be able to score up-to-the-minute statistics, player and coach biographies and other electronic "infotainment" using personal digital assistants (PDAs) while cheering on the home team."
This information seems more useful to me.
Solution: Your wireless has its own subnet(s). There's no better way... VPN is THE way to secure wireless.
Take a look at what Purdue University does. They use a Cisco VPN client that is available on win/mac/linux/sun, and ties in with the student accounts to verify access. If you aren't using the VPN client, you are redirected to download it automagically. http://www.itap.purdue.edu/airlink/ This is the best solution I have seen.