File in the yet another bit of bad press for the music industry watchdogs dept:

According to a recent post on Ars Technica and an accompanying bit of analysis over at Wired Blogs, a recent defeat in the case Capitol v. Foster and a bill for $50,000 for the defendant's legal fees are motivating the RIAA- those perennial villains of online pirates and supporters of Creative Commons- to seek a ruling which would have massive implications for anyone who uses or provides open Wi-Fi connectivity.

The gist of the situation is this: The defendent, Deborah Foster was sued by the RIAA and ultimately vindicated herself by proving that the alleged P2P file sharing was conducted through her ISP by somebody freeloading off of her Wi-Fi signal. The RIAA wants the courts to hold ISP clients responsible for any activity through their accounts, which means that people would be inviting litigation by providing their Wi Fi signals to their neighbors, that coffee shops could be sued for the misbehavior of that shifty guy in the corner with the double grande decaf strawberry latte.

As Wired points out, the RIAA has tried and failed to push this through the courts before, describing such a campaign as a "war against reality."

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