Copyright inures from the moment of creation, right? Until it is filed as a brief, it retains that copyright. Only once it is filed does it become a public record and loses the copyright.
A wifi router broadcasts signals that anyone may capture and decrypt. If you broadcast to that wifi router, you ARE entering someone else's home and are trespassing, unless you have explicit permission.
It is a social convention/law whether an open wifi is an invitation to use it or not. Obviously there is disagreement. That's what legislatures are for.
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Copyright inures from the moment of creation, right? Until it is filed as a brief, it retains that copyright. Only once it is filed does it become a public record and loses the copyright.
Bad analogies all around
A wifi router broadcasts signals that anyone may capture and decrypt. If you broadcast to that wifi router, you ARE entering someone else's home and are trespassing, unless you have explicit permission.
It is a social convention/law whether an open wifi is an invitation to use it or not. Obviously there is disagreement. That's what legislatures are for.