> Ian C. Blenke wrote:
> >> Nocatsplash legal warning? Mysterious. Is is *possible* to avoid
the
> >> liability of someone, say, sending kiddie porn over your bandwidth?
> >
> > The real question there is wether common carrier rules apply. If you
> > aren't controlling people's access _through_ your network, are you
> > responsible for what they do _using_ your network?
> >
> > Carriers aren't responsible for the content that they carry through
> > their networks. If they were responsible, you would see a much more
> > thorough policing of botnets and free speech in general.
> >
> > As a residential customer, however, you're probably not
contractually
> > allowed to do this with your provider. While a counter argument to
your
> > personal status as a common carrier (which wouldn't help in a court
> > case), that agreement is technically with your provider, which I
would
> > think would merely open you up for breech of contract with your
provider.
>
> Hi Ian!
>
> Bottom line, I wouldn't have wifi without locking it down as hard as
> possible. Maybe not even then. I don't mind using others', though.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pete
And then there's the opinion of one Timothy B. Lee, who authors
the piece appearing in today's (16 March) New York Times, page
A23 [the Op-Ed page] titled Hop On My Bandwidth.
Lee, who is a "policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute, a non-partisan
research organization", and a "regular contributor to the Technology
Liberation Front web-site" [that explains a lot] argues, in a 3-column
half page, above the fold essay, why it is "O.K. to borrow someone's
wireless network" along with some anecdotes of how it worked for
him. It should be in your neighborhood library, if you're interested.
- Bob
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