Password-protect your Wi-Fi hotspots and ask for user details too, rules ECJ

Started by bill, September 19, 2016, 10:52:04 PM

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Europeans who provide Wi-Fi hotspots aren’t liable for copyright violations by the strangers who use them, according to Europe’s top court.

However, there’s a whopping big “but.”

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) also ruled that the holders of infringed copyrights can demand that those Wi-Fi hotspots be password-protected to deter future violations.

What’s more, users will be required to “reveal their identity to be prevented from acting anonymously.”

What a brilliant plan to stop the spread of open WiFi...