[Myrddin]

If you buy a CD put it in your stereo, open your windows, turn your stereo up so it can be heard from the street, then someone walks by and hears your CD and stops to listen you paid for the CD and the stereo. You going to have them arrested for stealing stereo and listening service?

Let's compare apples and apples here. My neighbor hired a contractor to install a fence. The contractor pulled an extension cord over to my driveway and connected to the power socket to run his saw. He did that without asking my permission. That circuit already has enough load that running the saw risked popping the circuit breaker. That was blatant theft of my electrical service without my permission. The electricity stolen was discretely billable.

If that same contractor managed to successfully connect to my WiFi and start downloading a movie over my DSL line, my network performance would have been impaired. That DSL line is my connection to make a living. When it is impaired, my ability to work is impaired. It costs real money because it takes longer to provide the service to my customers.

[ctdonath2]

Let's compare apples and apples here. My neighbor hired a contractor to install a fence. The contractor pulled an extension cord over to my driveway and connected to the power socket to run his saw. He did that without asking my permission.

Still apples & oranges.

Better example: You saw your neighbor hired a contractor to install a fence, and you offered him an extention cord before he asked for one. ... then you called the police when your breaker tripped.