Possible, but here it'snot the case. I think it was on Slashdot (or other like places that discussed this) that someone linked to satellite imagery (google maybe?) of the coffee shop. It clearly had a private parking lot out front.
However, that leads me into my rant on the lack of public space in America anymore, but that's another story.
Um, if you read some of the articles covering the story, you can see that all of this speculation about wifi and free/open is mute.
He was "refusing repeated requests to leave." The coffee shop is private property. If they say "Get out and no wifi for you" it doesn't matter that it's unlocked/open, you can't enter their property or use their wifi. It's just like the front door of the shop. If you're asked to leave, even though they don't have a bouncer there to throw you out, you have to leave and not come back. The "theft of service" is probably just the reporter spreading some FUD to get hits. Trespass is what he'd be charged with. The sex offender is also FUD the reporter is using to scare up some hits.
No story here, move along.
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Re: Re: Knee-jerk reactions?
Possible, but here it'snot the case. I think it was on Slashdot (or other like places that discussed this) that someone linked to satellite imagery (google maybe?) of the coffee shop. It clearly had a private parking lot out front.
However, that leads me into my rant on the lack of public space in America anymore, but that's another story.