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EU eases un-passworded public WLAN in Germany/Bavaria/Munich

This Is http://www.berklix.eu/~jhs/blog/2016-03-20/

by Julian Stacey

• ex toytowngermany_dot_com "forum / topic / 358191 - liability - of - wi - fi - network - owner - can - be - against - eu - law /" Discussion
• Court of Justice of the European Union; PRESS RELEASE No 28 /16; Luxembourg, 16 March 2016
• Ruling: remote master on curia.europa.eu .pdf
• Ruling: local copy .pdf
  "Advocate General Szpunar: the operator of a shop, hotel or bar who offers a Wi-Fi network free of charge to the public is not liable for copyright infringements committed by users of that network
  Although an injunction may be issued against that operator in order to bring the infringement to an end, it is not possible to require termination or password protection of the Internet connection or the examination of all communications transmitted through it"