Canadian Border Checking Ipods Too?
Interesting and kind of scary article from Canada.com: “Copyright deal could toughen rules governing info on iPods, computers”
The federal government is secretly negotiating an agreement to revamp international copyright laws which could make the information on Canadian iPods, laptop computers or other personal electronic devices illegal and greatly increase the difficulty of travelling with such devices.
The deal could also impose strict regulations on Internet service providers, forcing those companies to hand over customer information without a court order.
Considering the US Border can search laptops without cause, it seems it’s not safe to travel anymore with these seemingly harmless devices. What you have on your computer or iPod could land you a serious fine or worse yet, jail time.
Crossing the border and delays between Canada and the US is already slowed by things such as terrorist alerts, currency exchange rates and high gas prices - this could just add another reason why not to bother crossing the border. Maybe their intent is to discourage travel and tourism. Thoughts?
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