Criminalize open WiFi users?

An interesting article on ars technica about WiFi. There have been a couple court cases where people using another person's WiFi have been accused of "unauthorized access to a network." I really believe that using an open WiFi network isn't a criminal activity, but in Maryland they were trying to pass a specific law making it a criminal offense. Luckily it got shot down, but it may be the beginning of a pretty bad trend.

Although I wouldn't be surprised if it will become a sort of non-issue. WiFi hotspots will probably go the way of pay phones before long. The Internet will be so ubiquitous that there will be no reason to guard your little connection. Every phone, laptop, etc, will be hooked into satellites, towers, etc, for pretty cheap. I'm looking forward to it.