[olug] MPAA toolkit

[Luke -Jr]

On Wednesday 28 November 2007, Barry Von Ahsen wrote:
> Luke -Jr wrote:
> > On Tuesday 27 November 2007, Will Langford wrote:
> >> As far as I know, ISP's do keep track of when a person was
> >> connected...
> >
> > Even if they do, this doesn't guarantee that IP's user is the customer.
> > The most obvious case is a drive-by wireless user.
> > I'm not aware of any law requiring us to log everyone who uses our
> > network.
>
> not yet at least.  California has a bill that requires wlan equipment to
> warn "unsecure wireless is bad, mkay" [1], and Westchester County, New
> York has a law requiring your wlan to be secured (for businesses at
> least) [2].  it's only a matter of time till the lawyers determine that
> providing unsecured wireless access makes you an ISP, subject to their
> rules and regs

Then the question becomes what rules and regulations would be problematic.
Are cable ISPs liable for illegal activity they can't trace?