If you live in one of these countries that puts the priority of Media giants ahead of citizens, so much so, as to bankrupt and criminally charge somebody for acquiring media by a means that the companies themselves simply have yet to put a working infrastructure to compete, I feel sincere sorrow. This is a global issue. In Canada we have yet to implement any such legaslation in stone but no doubt media companies will be pushing for a sort of global standard. Giving these companies the right to monitor filter and ban essential networking for people only furthers the truth as to whose interest politicians are looking out for. The fact that it isn't working in Australia (filtering), United States (destroying citizens lives over songs they wouldn't have bought legally anyways) or in France where a year ban could seriously affect ones job, social life and communication with family, coworkers and information. The internet is so much more then a pipe for downloading illegal content, it's a vital part of many peoples lives as a whole. For anybody who has had a taste of this union of media and government I can all but urge you to fight it tooth and nail, as once the laws are in place it is a lot harder to stop them.
For those who think it won't happen to them. I went to Cuba and they insisted on searching my laptop (prob cuz it had a head shop sticker on it) the batt was dead and they hooked it up through the charger, and some voltage converter. It fried the mobo on my laptop and shocked the guy using it when he opened the dvd drive? They did a full search on me before finally letting me go. Lucky Best Buy has a wicked return policy:D
Emailing is only workable if you are using small files otherwise on foreign sometimes useless connections uploading the photos is a problem. Solution
Get some no name Mp3 player that has a cord nobody would ever find in there life, upload the photos onto the mp3 player, and toss the cord (I put mine in my gfs bag). Another solution I looked into was bringing a small screwdriver, taking a USB key and removing the casing then inserting it into the innerds of my laptop so it appears as just more computer junk.
There is nothing they are going to do that convinces me sound isn't free. I have been to over 75 concerts if they want my money I am more than willing to pay to see a band worth it.
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If you live in one of these countries that puts the priority of Media giants ahead of citizens, so much so, as to bankrupt and criminally charge somebody for acquiring media by a means that the companies themselves simply have yet to put a working infrastructure to compete, I feel sincere sorrow. This is a global issue. In Canada we have yet to implement any such legaslation in stone but no doubt media companies will be pushing for a sort of global standard. Giving these companies the right to monitor filter and ban essential networking for people only furthers the truth as to whose interest politicians are looking out for. The fact that it isn't working in Australia (filtering), United States (destroying citizens lives over songs they wouldn't have bought legally anyways) or in France where a year ban could seriously affect ones job, social life and communication with family, coworkers and information. The internet is so much more then a pipe for downloading illegal content, it's a vital part of many peoples lives as a whole. For anybody who has had a taste of this union of media and government I can all but urge you to fight it tooth and nail, as once the laws are in place it is a lot harder to stop them.
For those who think it won't happen to them. I went to Cuba and they insisted on searching my laptop (prob cuz it had a head shop sticker on it) the batt was dead and they hooked it up through the charger, and some voltage converter. It fried the mobo on my laptop and shocked the guy using it when he opened the dvd drive? They did a full search on me before finally letting me go. Lucky Best Buy has a wicked return policy :D
Emailing is only workable if you are using small files otherwise on foreign sometimes useless connections uploading the photos is a problem. Solution Get some no name Mp3 player that has a cord nobody would ever find in there life, upload the photos onto the mp3 player, and toss the cord (I put mine in my gfs bag). Another solution I looked into was bringing a small screwdriver, taking a USB key and removing the casing then inserting it into the innerds of my laptop so it appears as just more computer junk.
There is nothing they are going to do that convinces me sound isn't free. I have been to over 75 concerts if they want my money I am more than willing to pay to see a band worth it.