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http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=11885

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Under the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) at Canadian border crossings laptops, discs, and iPods will be subject to search, destruction, and fines if infringed copyright material is found

[commanderkai]

Well...I'm gonna have to hide my laptop in my pants now or something...hehheh...

Actually, better, a massive 80gig flash drive so I can stuff down my pants. Fuck that, they won't search anything of mine

[RUEZ]

Wow criminalize iPods at the border? I think that's a big load of BS we're being fed here.

[martin14]

and you guys thought the East was Communist...

not a chance, the real Commies are now living in the US and Canada..

and they are in power.. good luck to you all. so much for privacy.

[commanderkai]

Oh Martin, we college students are smarter than we look, if we can smuggle massive amounts of drugs into the US, I'm sure we can stuff an Ipod into our pants and escape the Customs assfucks

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The deal would create a international regulator that could turn border guards and other public security personnel into copyright police. The security officials would be charged with checking laptops, iPods and even cellular phones for content that "infringes" on copyright laws, such as ripped CDs and movies.

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The guards would also be responsible for determining what is infringing content and what is not.

The agreement proposes any content that may have been copied from a DVD or digital video recorder would be open for scrutiny by officials - even if the content was copied legally.

Michael Geist, Canada research chair of Internet and E-commerce law at the University of Ottawa and expert on Canadian copyright law, blasted the government for advancing ACTA with little public consultation. Geist said documents detailing ACTA's plans would not need to be leaked online if the process was open and transparent.

"That's what happens when you conduct all of this behind closed doors," he said. "The lack of consultation, the secrecy behind it and the speculation that this will be concluded within a matter of months without any real public input is deeply troubling."

Fewer and Geist said, once Canada signs the new trade agreement it will be next to impossible to back out of it.

In a situation similar to what happened in the Softwood Lumber trade dispute, Canadians could face hefty penalties if it does not comply with ACTA after the agreement has been completed.

[ShepherdsDog]

I've got an 80gig hard drive on my i-pod. Are they going to check every item to ensure they meet with copyright laws?

[Public_Domain]

[RUEZ]

Mr_Canada Mr_Canada:

Wow.

Well, another reason I'm not leaving this country then.

I'm not going anywhere without my (completely downloaded soundtracks) Billy Talent.

I think this is much ado about nothing. Like Shep said, are they going to go through everyones iPod hard drives and then try to verify if those songs were purchased or stolen. What if I ripped them from my own CD's?

[Public_Domain]

[ridenrain]

Are they going to check evey cell phone or electronic device that enters the country?
This law is simply impossible to enforce.

[DrCaleb]

RUEZ RUEZ:

What if I ripped them from my own CD's?

Ripping CD's is illegal, according to the CIRA. It's theft. Your iPod, laptop, and cellphone could be confiscated.

No, I'm not kidding.

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/200 ... tform.html

http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/acta/

The funny part is that Canada's IP laws already meet our international agreements, just not the CIRA's profit projections.

[hurley_108]

ridenrain ridenrain:

Are they going to check evey cell phone or electronic device that enters the country?
This law is simply impossible to enforce.

So why sign it?

[xerxes]

If this passes, no doubt it will end up at the Supreme Court.

And like Riden said, this law is next to impossible to enforce. Along with drug smugglers and other serious criminals, border guards are going to be asked to this as well? Give me a break.

[bootlegga]

And we thought lines at airport security were long and slow already...