Mixed signals: Free Wi-Fi hotspot operators still face uncertainty, thanks to a new German ruling

guest · Jul 27, 2018

Mixed signals: Free Wi-Fi hotspot operators still face uncertainty, thanks to a new German ruling
Attempts to get more free Wi-Fi networks operating in Germany have hit another obstacle.
July 27, 2018
https://www.zdnet.com/article/mixed...ce-uncertainty-thanks-to-a-new-german-ruling/

Last year, the German government changed the law in an attempt to encourage more people to open up free, open Wi-Fi hotspots. However, a new ruling from the country's Federal Court of Justice may have the opposite effect.

The change in the Telemedia Act, which was made last October, finally removed the third-party liability of open hotspot operators for copyright infringements on their networks [...] However, the amendment said rightsholders could still demand that the hotspot operators use reasonable and proportionate measures to stop copyright infringements

[...] And this is where the ruling went further than the German law, saying the measures may go beyond content or service-blocking to "include the obligation to register users, to encrypt access with a password or, in the extreme case, to block access altogether".
[...] The judgement creates new legal uncertainty for Wi-Fi operators, and will prove a disservice for the spread of public Wi-Fi in Germany."
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mirimir · Jul 28, 2018

MPAA etc have bought off everyone, it seems

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