Pub Owner Fined £8k for Copyright Infringement via Wi-Fi

Someone downloaded some copyrighted material over the Wi-Fi connection at a pub and the pub’s owner is on the hook for £8k in infringement fines. The law firm representing the unnamed pub says that the laws around Wi-Fi and liability are "a grey area."

According to internet law professor Lilian Edwards, of Sheffield Law School, where a business operates an open Wi-Fi spot to give customers or visitors internet access, they would be "not be responsible in theory" for users' unlawful downloads, under "existing substantive copyright law".

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