Re: [IRCA] Wi-Fi legality (OT)

[Tim Kridel <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, people have been taken to court over this, but it's very rare.


> From: Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>
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> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:38:02 -0700
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> Subject: [IRCA] Wi-Fi legality (OT)
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> I'm happy that the Wi-Fi has reappeared for Patrick, but just a subtle
> question....is this legal, or is it stealing?  Now I've done exactly the same
> thing in Masset for emergency downloading and uploading of loggings, etc.
> I've felt a little bad about using someone else's bandwidth too.  I'm not
> clear, not being a lawyer, whether this is illegal.  I kind of think that it
> is....seems to me I've read of a person being arrested outside a fast
> food/coffee shop somewhere in the States for doing exactly that....connecting
> his laptop to the Wi-Fi signal which was meant for patrons of the
> establishment.  I'd be really interested in knowing the source of the Wi-Fi
> signal, which should be fairly easy to do, with one of those hand-held Wi-Fi
> meters, and if it's within the community....how come someone else can get
> Wi-Fi, whereas Patrick has so much trouble establishing a high speed link?
> Just thinking!  ......Walt in Victoria.
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