[mythtv-users] DVB-S channel scanning gets stuck

[Steve Hill]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Brad DerManouelian wrote:

> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276720,00.html
> This isn't the first time it's happened, either.

I'm aware of these incidents - there are similar miscarriages of justice 
in all sorts of situations, not just when it comes to wireless networks, 
probably because the court didn't understand how the technology works.

The fact of the matter is that there is _no way_ for someone to tell if 
they are allowed to use a network or not, other than by the network 
telling them so.  So it is hard to see how any reasonable court could find 
someone guilty for using a service in the way it is advertising itself to 
be used (especially since many devices will automatically associate with 
open networks without the user having much knowledge of this anyway).

> They still arrested him and charged him a hefty fine for it.

Yes, people get arrested and charged for all sorts of non-crimes all the 
time - miscarriages of justice do happen.  Just because some overzealous 
police officer or court decided to overstep their authority doesn't mean 
that people should not stop doing these legal things.

  - Steve
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