As a fellow World of Warcraft addict, I don't think this fella should be prosecuted.
I completely agree with the writer of this article that you shouldn't ever get upset with others using your Wi-Fi if it's not secured. It seem ridiculous to me that they want to police what people are doing on the open wireless connection. With the exception of things that are illegal or could harm others or are obvious (like gambling, phishing or looking at porn), I think you should be able to do anything harmless and non-offensive on an open network -- even at the library. And, for heaven's sake, the poor kid lives in Alaska! I'm sure it's beautiful up there, but many open Wi-Fi spots do you think there are in that town?
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It turns out that despite the threat of bears (polar and grizzly), moose (who kill more people than bears in AK), mosquitoes the size of Cessnas and ridiculous cold, the first responders have nothing better to do with their on-call hours. It’s like prosecuting someone for stealing free puppies from the sidewalk in front of Wal-Mart. Weird.
I can see why they'd bust him for being in the library after hours...but for using an unsecured network to play a game? LAY-HAME! If they don't want people playing games, then require a password or configure/block those ports or something. They probably just took it out of the box and plugged it in! SHEESH!
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