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

[Kris Davidson]

Wait you mean there are universities and businesses with Wireless that
doesn't require any login at all?

Maybe I'm picking up the article wrong... it seems to say libraries,
net cafes and universities run completely open wireless?

Kris

On 28 February 2010 12:58, Arron M Finnon <finux at finux.co.uk> wrote:
> 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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