It's not 'about' spoofing his MAC address. It's about respecting the rights of property owners to set the terms of how other people may access their property. You know, when someone is charged with burglary the issue is not that they entered your place through the window rather than by ringing the doorbell, but that they entered without your permission. Try to imagine the outrage that would result if a judge said 'it's your fault for having an insecure window, tough luck.'
EDIT: I might add that I don't care for JSTOR or the copyright system that they derive such benefit from. But then I don't especially care for our laws on taxation and related subjects - my disagreement with those doesn't give me the right to opt out of taxes that I dislike, or to appropriate the possessions of others whose wealth I might envy.
EDIT: I might add that I don't care for JSTOR or the copyright system that they derive such benefit from. But then I don't especially care for our laws on taxation and related subjects - my disagreement with those doesn't give me the right to opt out of taxes that I dislike, or to appropriate the possessions of others whose wealth I might envy.