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I was walking by a bar once and saw a football game on the television inside. The closed caption was on so I didn’t need the sound. I stood there and watched the tele through the window for about five minutes.
Next thing I knew there was a swat team, police helicopters, and FBI suits arresting me for stealing television viewing without going into the bar.
Same thing. If the bar didn’t want people to watch they should have boarded or painted the windows so people outside can’t see inside. If people don’t want their WiFi leached they need to close access.
People are getting arrested for the stupidest shit these days.
Everything is illegal unless expressly permitted.
Ah, memories of three years ago when my son and I watched the NCAA hoops title game through the window of bar in Chapel Hill. You had to have arrived by lunch time to have claimed a seat inside for the 9:00pm game.
I don’t think I like the idea of having to board up my windows so that people cannot peep in and watch my TV. ;)
I pay for my service. I do not think it is ok for someone to steal it. If someone wants the service they should also pay for it.
Yes, my stuff is protected, but ... well, dunno... the thinking that it deserves to be stolen is not to my way of thinking. I grew up in a time that no one locked their houses or their cars. And when our moms sent us to the store, we left our bikes outside. No one ever, ever, thought that it deserved to be stolen.
Different times we live in, huh?
Excellent analogy. Receiving public transmissions should not be illegal as long as they are not secured. All the individual is doing is receiving a signal like tv, radio. As long as transmissions are not secured it should be LEGAL.