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<blockquote data-quote="Becky" data-source="post: 39881" data-attributes="member: 531"><p>How is it not stealing Danny? If someone else is paying for the connection and he is not, then it's theft. Especially if you take into account that many ISPs have download caps or introduce traffic shaping when a certain bandwidth limit is reached. This means lu1g1 could be affecting the person's account, though I consider it unlikely as just how much does one download via their Wii?</p><p></p><p>It's perhaps not considered a <em>serious</em> form of theft though, as many people do it and the person paying doesn't always notice. Not to mention that because it's not something physical being stolen, people don't think it's so bad.</p><p></p><p>You can look at it the other way of course - if the person paying is silly enough not to secure their network then perhaps they deserve it. But that's a whole different debate. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>BTW, hockeyhero - I imagine lu1g1 posted it in here because he's talking about his Wii using the aforementioned connection. It would probably have been better suited to the Wii General forum though. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Becky, post: 39881, member: 531"] How is it not stealing Danny? If someone else is paying for the connection and he is not, then it's theft. Especially if you take into account that many ISPs have download caps or introduce traffic shaping when a certain bandwidth limit is reached. This means lu1g1 could be affecting the person's account, though I consider it unlikely as just how much does one download via their Wii? It's perhaps not considered a [i]serious[/i] form of theft though, as many people do it and the person paying doesn't always notice. Not to mention that because it's not something physical being stolen, people don't think it's so bad. You can look at it the other way of course - if the person paying is silly enough not to secure their network then perhaps they deserve it. But that's a whole different debate. :D BTW, hockeyhero - I imagine lu1g1 posted it in here because he's talking about his Wii using the aforementioned connection. It would probably have been better suited to the Wii General forum though. :) [/QUOTE]
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