Securing Our Borders, One iPod at a Time

Dear Delightful,

• Canada.com. ACTA: The NAFTA of Canadian Copyright Enforcement. 2008.

Pertinent quotes:

The deal would create an 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 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.

Such is the fickle world. Thankfully, New Zealand has no such borders; and so, no embittered border guardsmen standing watch to digital moralities.

Love,
Sess