[dundee] Open Wi-Fi 'outlawed' in Digital Economy Bill

Arron M Finnon finux at finux.co.uk
Sun Feb 28 12:57:53 UTC 2010


http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,40057470,00.htm

The government will not exempt universities, libraries and small
businesses providing open Wi-Fi services from its Digital Economy Bill
copyright crackdown, according to official advice released earlier this
week.

This would leave many organisations open to the same penalties for
copyright infringement as individual subscribers, potentially including
disconnection from the internet, leading legal experts to say it will
become impossible for small businesses and the like to offer Wi-Fi access.


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