I'm hoping that someone with a bit of legal knowledge (Andrew!) can comment
on this story:
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2009/11/28/public-uk-wi-fi-hotspot-owner-fined-8000gbp-for-users-illegal-download.html
The implication is that the wireless provider can be held responsible for
the actions of the users of someone else's service.
We have The Cloud on campus and the above implies that if a Cloud user does
something naughty the University could be liable.
Now as a Uni we accept responsibility for the actions of our users on our
network but, I for one, never thought that if we're offering a service such
as The Cloud that we'd be responsible for their users.
Also, what about eduroam? Where does the responsibility lie for that?
Mike
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Mike Richardson
Networks
IT Services, University of Manchester
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