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news On Thu, 31 May 2018 06:58:54 +0100, Andrew Mawson wrote:

we have two holiday cottages on the farm, and there is a WIFI
access
point provided for their use which is on a VLAN isolating it
from the
rest of my network.

Never had problems, but yesterday i got an email from BT saying
my
internet connection had been used to download a huge music file
that
infringed copyright. Email is genuine as logging into my BT
account the
details are there

Wasn't me so it must have been one of the guests. i can't for
the life
of me think how i can prevent this, any suggestions ?

Personally, before wasting a penny, I'd pop over to a legal
ng, and establish what - if any - your obligations are.

None.

Can you cite something to backup this assertion?

I thought the opposite was true as per:
The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002
Regulation 19 where providers may be sued for known unlawful
activity.

He isnt a provider in that sense.

Does he provide holiday cottages for free, or is it part of a
commercial undertaking.

It isnt the provision of those that that regulation is about.

If on a commercial basis he is a provider as per The Electronic
Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002.

Wrong.

Because that directive covers communications, not renting out cottages.

Unless the rent is free, the guest is paying for amenities that come
with the occupation of the cottage, like Wi-Fi.

Irrelevant to what that directive covers.

Are you now saying Wi-Fi isn't a 'communication'?

Nope, that that having free wifi doesnt make him
a communications provider in the legal sense that
means he has to comply with that particular directive.

You seem to have a misunderstanding over the word 'free'.

Nope.

Where you rent a cottage, it does not come with 'free' Wi-Fi, any more
than it comes with free sheets.

Irrelevant to where the owner of those cottages
is a communications service provider in the
sense that that particular directive is about.