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ACTA will force border searches of laptops, smartphones for pirated content

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Re: ACTA will force border searches of laptops, smartphones for pirated content

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Post by Iv »

tsotha wrote: post #16
tomflack wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I haven't read the whole thing yet, but a quick glance through shows Article 11: ARTICLE 11: INFORMATION RELATED TO INFRINGEMENT Without prejudice to its law governing privilege, the protection of confidentiality of information sources, or the processing of personal data, each Party shall provide that, in civil judicial proceedings concerning the enforcement of intellectual property rights, its judicial authorities h…

There's also that clause "upon a justified request of the right holder", which implies the rights holder has to provide some evidence to indicate there are infringing files.

"It has been connected to internet. Internet is only used for copyright infringement"

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yason wrote: post #13

Regardless of ACTA, I have already established a personal policy to: 1) encrypt my partitions (other than root, to make upgrades and reinstalls easier; I use LUKS) 2) copy the essential first megabytes of each LUKS partition to my server or shell account somewhere, encrypted with GPG 3) fill that space with random data 4) travel and go through customs 5) access the GPG encrypted LUKS blocks over internet, decrypt and…

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Re: ACTA will force border searches of laptops, smartphones for pirated content

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Post by tomflack »

Iv wrote: post #31
tsotha wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's also that clause "upon a justified request of the right holder", which implies the rights holder has to provide some evidence to indicate there are infringing files.

"It has been connected to internet. Internet is only used for copyright infringement"

Would you like to actually contribute to the conversation? Or would you like to continue acting like a child?

Re: ACTA will force border searches of laptops, smartphones for pirated content

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Post by guard-of-terra »

That's why nobody wants to come to USA any more.

You might have to, but the experience is questionable due to American customs having no respect whatsoever for privacy or personal belongings. All your luggage are belongs to them, in other words.

Compare with Europe/Schengen where that simply is not a problem.

And that clumsiness and ignorance gets copied into international treaties.

Re: ACTA will force border searches of laptops, smartphones for pirated content

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Post by arto »

coryl wrote: post #14
yason wrote: post #13

Regardless of ACTA, I have already established a personal policy to: 1) encrypt my partitions (other than root, to make upgrades and reinstalls easier; I use LUKS) 2) copy the essential first megabytes of each LUKS partition to my server or shell account somewhere, encrypted with GPG 3) fill that space with random data 4) travel and go through customs 5) access the GPG encrypted LUKS blocks over internet, decrypt and…

Not a lawyer here, but I've heard some BS laws about encryption. In some cases if you refuse to decrypt or are unable, you can be at fault and still be detained. Needs citation though.

In the UK, they already claim the power to jail you if you don't hand over the password: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/06/jail_password_ripa/

Re: ACTA will force border searches of laptops, smartphones for pirated content

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Post by maigret »

newhouseb wrote: post #30
scotty79 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is not to stop piracy. It is to detect and punish people who have pirated content in their possession. You can't invade people's homes but you can search them thoroughly while crossing the border. People are used to having their privacy invaded while crossing the border.

An interesting question is that if someone were to travel (non-commercially) across borders with a fake gucci bag, could that person could be held liable under ACTA for the case that a) they were aware of the product was counterfeit and/or b) the case in which they were unaware?

Yes. Near the French / Italian border there are targeted controls for counterfeited products. Common sense should tell you you can't get a Gucci bag for 200$, or anywhere outside of a luxury shop ;) And yes, you are also liable if you were unaware - but most people are actually aware.
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