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Originally Posted by baddog
It is a federal court ruling, published.
That is where reading the entire ruling comes into play
Because you have to pay to replace the food and water. Unless you have caps, this would not be the case if you let your neighbor use your Internet connection.
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If the ruling is federal and applies to anything, then your argument stands, but only in the US. Still, I'd love to see the ruling tested when a pedophile distributes a few terabytes of CP from his home and then simply claims it wasn't him. And, liable or not, how on earth would you feel if your open network was used to distribute CP?
I don't pay for my water consumption. I still don't want a stranger taking a dump in my toilet. I also don't want my neighbour sleeping in my bed when I'm not home.