[ale] firewalls... illegal? Cany anyone read legalese?

[Geoffrey]

Dan Newcombe wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
>>Because you obviously owe them money.  They "licenced" you a connection
>>for 1 computer with the understanding you'd pay more for additional by
>>upgrading to a business or other account if you needed more.
> 
> 
> And I have exactly one computer hooked to my cable modem.  :)
> The rest are hooked to a hub that is hooked to an ethernet interface that
> also resides on that one computer.
> 
> You can even go to the cable modem's internal web page and it will tell
> you there is only one computer.   (What was that about the spirit of the
> law?)

Good point.  So, am I breaking the law when I download email from my PC 
to my palm?  How about downloading a mapquest map to my palm?  I'm 
concealing the final destination am I not?

> 
> 
>>No, I'm definitely not agreeing with them but they see the dollar signs
>>and that's it.
> 
> 
> Amen.
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Think about it...

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