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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
Certainly the Bill Gates and Musicians and Recording Companies of the World must be smiling, as a proposal to allow US/Canada Border Guards search and seizure of your Ipod or Laptop to look for copyright infringements such as software and music amongst other illegal activities you may have on your hard drive, is something even Orwell predicted when Big Brother 1984 was stated nor forseen as Big Brother running Amuk!
Proposal would slap limits on iPods, laptop computersBorder guards could search devices for copied music and moviesVito Pilieci, Canwest News ServicePublished: Saturday, May 24, 2008OTTAWA -- The federal government is secretly negotiating an agreement to revamp international copyright laws that 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.
Called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the new plan would see Canada join other countries, including the United States and members of the European Union, to form an international coalition against copyright infringement.
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