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Re: State Super-DMCA Too True
From: Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 20:39:04 +0200
* alambert () quickfire org (Alex Lambert) [Sun 30 Mar 2003, 20:19 CEST]:
http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/StealingBandwidth?action=highlight&va lue=CategoryPhilosophy (quoting) "Traditional broadband providers cry foul when users take their cable modem or DSL connections and beam them to friends, family and passsers-by through Wi-Fi networks. "It constitutes a theft of service per our user agreement," says AT&T Broadband's Sarah Eder. But at least one very important observer doesn't buy that. "I don't think it's stealing by any definition of law at the moment," says FCC chairman Michael Powell. "The truth is, it's an unintended use."
Right. How would you feel when your butcher started selling meat only for personal use, and if you wanted to feed your family with it you would have to buy the family meat package (which comes presliced for up to three kids)? And now you'd go to jail if you didn't cook it in separate frying pans. -- Niels (stretching analogies for fun and profit)
Current thread:
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True, (continued)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Dan Hollis (Mar 31)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Jack Bates (Mar 31)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Stephen Sprunk (Mar 31)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Petri Helenius (Mar 31)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Rubens Kuhl Jr. (Mar 31)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Petri Helenius (Mar 31)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Stephen Sprunk (Mar 31)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Matthew S. Hallacy (Mar 31)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True David Lesher (Mar 30)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Alex Lambert (Mar 30)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Niels Bakker (Mar 30)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Larry J. Blunk (Mar 30)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Avleen Vig (Mar 30)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Larry J. Blunk (Mar 30)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Jack Bates (Mar 30)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Larry J. Blunk (Mar 30)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Avleen Vig (Mar 30)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Dan Hollis (Mar 30)
- Remembers, Non-Op Topics Have a Home (was Re: State Super-DMCA Too True) Nathan J. Mehl (Mar 31)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Dave Howe (Mar 30)
- Re: State Super-DMCA Too True Dan Hollis (Mar 30)