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$250 fine for WiFi piracy
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:43:36 -0500
http://rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060323/NEWS0107/103230036/101 1 ROCKFORD - Just as pirating your neighbor's cable service to watch premium movie channels is against the law, so too is surfing the Web using someone else's wireless Internet access. David M. Kauchak, 32, a former Machesney Park resident, is the first person in Winnebago County to be charged with remotely accessing another computer system without the owner's approval. He pleaded guilty Tuesday to the charge and was fined $250 and sentenced to one year of court supervision. "We just want to get the word out that it is a crime. We are prosecuting it, and people need to take precautions," Assistant State's Attorney Tom Wartowski said. Kauchak was arrested in January in Loves Park when local authorities learned he was accessing the Internet through a nonprofit agency's computer. Wartowski said a Loves Park police officer was on patrol in the wee hours of the morning when he saw Kauchak sitting in a car with a computer.
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