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Re: theft! DtToca's resposne is ridiculous and more than a tad immature. Selling a product for a price you may or may not deem to be too expensive does not authorise you to then walk away with said product without paying for it.
That's like telling a grocer, for example, his apples are too expensive so you're just going to buy one box and then help yourself to a second because they're too expensive.
You're not applying logic to your argument. If something is too expensive, don't get it. It doesn't warrant theft.
As regards whether this is ACTUALLY theft or not, JohnInSJ has hit the nail right on the head. We all operate in a commerical context under (at least) the law of contract and consideration. When you purchase a service from a supplier you do so under a contract whose terms dictate what you can and cannot do with that service. Accordingly whether you can or cannot share bandwidth will be stated, and if not it can either be implied by other terms in the contract or asked explicitly of the partner to the contract.
None of us operate above the law. |
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DrToca
join:2004-12-13
Yonkers, NY | said by anonymoususer:
DtToca's resposne is ridiculous and more than a tad immature. Selling a product for a price you may or may not deem to be too expensive does not authorise you to then walk away with said product without paying for it.
That's like telling a grocer, for example, his apples are too expensive so you're just going to buy one box and then help yourself to a second because they're too expensive.
You're not applying logic to your argument. If something is too expensive, don't get it. It doesn't warrant theft.
Well, first off, dont hide behind the anonymous thing and show yourself.
Second, your analogy is way off. Its more like the grocer being pissed off because I bought apples and shared them with friends, so they didnt have to buy any.
Boo hoo, shill. Get lost. |
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| If the other person agrees to let you leach off wireless network its NOT theft. Plain and simple.
Can't believe someone would think otherwise. Remember the days when a ISP would try to enforce the "no lan" policy as to not share bandwidth over a personal LAN? This will go the same way.  |
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-- That's like telling a grocer, for example, his apples are too expensive so you're just going to buy one box and then help yourself to a second because they're too expensive. --
But that's like comparing apples to ....... Never mind.
Seriously though, I would call leeching of any sort, theft. If I leech off you to get my broadband, even of you consent, is theft. I'm stealing from the provider. |
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join:2001-05-05
Lemoyne, PA | reply to anonymoususer
If I buy a candy bar and give half to my neighbor...it is not theft.
There are download and upload caps which box access as a product, unlike cable. If I buy an ISPs boxed product I can give half that box away if I don't want the whole candy bar. I would love to see an ISP take this to court. |
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