On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Anthony DiPierro wrote:
> On 8/7/06, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> In any case, the owner is in violation of his TOS for subletting (if
>> that's the right word) the connection, and the ISP would be completely
>> justified in cutting him off.
>
> It's only subletting if you charge for the access. Otherwise you'd be
> just as much in violation for letting your girlfriend or cousin use
> your connection as you would be for letting your neighbor use it.
Regardless of its name, I'm sure any half-decent lawyer would have a field
day with someone opening up a connection that he rents to whoever, for any
unregulated use.
> Besides, most TOS agreements are pretty much meant to be broken. The
> verizon wireless one, for instance, prohibits downloading music!
That too.
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