It might not be dead, let’s beat it some more.
Speaking of worthless analogies, comparing movie theatres to WiFi is pretty close to worthless, for the reasons repeated many, many, many times before.
meowpossum:
You’ve got me. I can’t cite any law or stature.
But…
I work on a large university campus and I am in and out of wireless network range all day, so my PC is set up to take advantage of the fastest available connection, WiFi if I’m near a hotspot or the modem if not.
Often, I also work from home. I live in campus housing, so from some parts of my house, I can access the campus wireless network, which I am absolutely entitled to use. However, when I sit on my living room sofa, I connect with my neighbor’s network instead.
Because I am located in my own property and because I have a legitimate reason for being set up to use the fastest available network connection, I really don’t feel like there’s a positive obligation on me to reconfigure my network settings every time I enter the south end of my living room simply because my next-door-neighbor’s wireless network is unprotected.
Also, I’m an amoral cheapskate who likes free, speedy internet access from my sof-- er, never mind that part…
So try being a decent human being and tell your neighbor his wi-fi is unprotected.