Charles Mudd on WiFi, Canada, encryption, and "theft of services"

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 22:23:47 -0600
Subject: Re: [Politech] First charge in Canada for WiFi "theft of 
telecommunications"
From: "Charles Lee Mudd Jr." <cmudd () muddlawoffices com>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>

After a discussion on Super-DMCA laws this afternoon, it would seem under 
Illinois law that both the individual using the wireless service without 
authorization could be brought up on criminal and civil charges.  On the 
other hand, the wireless customer who uses encryption to restrict access 
could also be interpreted to have violated the statute.  Catch-22.

Charles Mudd

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