How stupid can people get? Some countries, including Australia,
are going to get their border and customs personnel to check your
MP3 player for illegal downloads.
"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.
The guards would also be responsible for determining what
is infringing content and what is not.
The leaked ACTA document states officials should be given the
"authority to take action against infringers (i.e., authority to
act without complaint by rights holders)."
Anyone found with infringing content in their possession would be
open to a fine.
They may also have their device confiscated or destroyed, according
to the four-page document."
So if I bought the CD and ripped it for my own use it's illegal
as well? And how do you tell the source from just the iPod
alone?
it'll take forever since most people will have at least one mp3
player on them, not to mention laptops and pdas...how the fuck is
this going to be enforced?
how much time does it take to check say....80gb of songs? I
don;t even know how to differentiate between legal and illegal
files.
and given the that airport security/customs around the world is
usally made up of people who are unemployable elsewhere(since
the job pays a pittance)...its going to be a clusterfuck. my
friends from the US have an unlimited amount of stories to tell
about their experiences at airports like LAX.
one guy I know almost got shot for trying to show the customs
officers how his portable mp3 amplifier works.
The guys at woodlands checkpoint used to check people's CDs and
DVDs..not sure if they do it now. I ever kena'ed when my bag went
throught the X-Ray and they could see a bunch of CDs in my bag. I
was made to show each and everyone one so that they can determine
they were originals. I'm not making this up.
Hilariously, one guy ahead of me got caught with porn
