[X4U] Re: Wireless "theft"

[Johns Maillist]

If you pick up apples from your side of the fence, OK, but climb that  
tree to get to the apples at the top, have you trespassed?
If you intercept and read their mail, that is one thing. You are  
"listening" to their transmissions. But, when you send your Wi-Fi  
signal to their receiver, on their property, and use their waves  
crossing their property threshold, I believe you may be crossing a  
point there.
I can look through your open gate at what is going on in your yard.  
As soon as I cross that property threshold into your yard, I have  
committed a trespass.
JMHO

On Jun 17, 2005, at 9:58 AM, peter wrote:

>     If a neighbor's apple tree extends a branch over my yard, the  
> apples from that limb that fall into my yard are mine.  If the  
> rotten apples are causing me harm, I can force him to cut the limb  
> off.
>
>     If a person sends electronic waves onto my property they should  
> be mine to use.  If someone does not want me using their waves,  
> they need to keep them off of my property.   Seems to me that a  
> good case could be made that the sender of the waves is polluting  
> the air and should be made to stop.  I expect this question to come  
> before the Supreme Court before long.