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

Re:ACTA will force border searches of laptops, smartphones f... by lunarscape on Sunday January 22, 2012 @10:59AM (#3496808)

>Prove it

Thanks to Wikileaks and other sources we do have evidence of long running pressure and threats by the US to influence or in some cases directly write other countries laws in respect to copyright. One recent example about piracy: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/05/us-pressure...

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Re:ACTA will force border searches of laptops, smartphones f... by eternalban on Sunday January 22, 2012 @01:42PM (#3497262)

Is it (remotely) possible that the Guardian has an agenda (gasp) to misdirect its global readers?

Spain? What about the European powers? Does that mean UK (nuclear power), France (nuclear power), Germany (fine ~occupied, but still a major economic power), are broken democracies subject to "threats" from, and cowering before, United States of America? (Poodles, one and all?)

America is the scape goat of the /Global/ oligarchy. My opinion, of course. You may wish to continue to trust in The Guardian (of Truth).

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Re:ACTA will force border searches of laptops, smartphones f... by guard-of-terra on Monday January 23, 2012 @04:07AM (#3499641)

Why would global oligarchy protect entertainment at cost of everything else?

For every dollar lost by entertainment they probably got ten gained by telecoms, internet companies and consumer hardware.

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