Analysis: Ignorant troll spouts baseless accusations that anyone could debunk after 5 minutes of reading the articles on the site. Follows up baseless accusations with baseless accusations.
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The government is usually not required to prove that their solution is the best solution or even that it will actually work, just that it could work. They catch people with digital contraband in these searches from time to time, so it does work in some cases, even if there's a million times as much stuff streaming in through the net.
Furthermore, I'm not sure how much the 4th amendment comes into play, here (honestly, I don't know; I'm not familiar with the case law). It seems to me, however, that if you want to import an item into the US, you play by the rules to get it in. I would absolutely support someone's right to decline to have their laptop searched at the border, with the understanding that they must then leave that laptop outside the country.
My point was, just because it's stupid and not as effective as other means, doesn't necessarily make it unconstitutional.
In your analogy with real, physical goods, the fact that they only check people on the footpath and not the highway is stupid, but that doesn't make the footpath search unconstitutional either.
The government's search powers are at their very highest at the border. I agree that it's stupid to worry about the hand-carry of digital information into the US, but I'm not sure laptop content searches being a stupid practice necessarily makes them illegal searches or seizures.
You know, this might actually turn out to be funny. All the pirates have to do is go war-driving when they want music and some 90-year old grandma who doesn't know what an IP address is will get hit with negligence. I imagine some unscrupulous people will figure out exactly which files are being monitored by the *IAA and specifically download those from as many open connections as they can find.
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False-dichotomy. It's both sharing and breaking the law. Some of us just don't give a shit about the latter part.
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And thought isn't property, industry troll.
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False. Even then, we continue throwing money at it.
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Re: Simplifiy it.
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Funny how the people who lobby for endless wars are the same people arguing that we should be giving up our rights during them.
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Furthermore, I'm not sure how much the 4th amendment comes into play, here (honestly, I don't know; I'm not familiar with the case law). It seems to me, however, that if you want to import an item into the US, you play by the rules to get it in. I would absolutely support someone's right to decline to have their laptop searched at the border, with the understanding that they must then leave that laptop outside the country.
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In your analogy with real, physical goods, the fact that they only check people on the footpath and not the highway is stupid, but that doesn't make the footpath search unconstitutional either.
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That's certainly possible, but what evidence do you have of this?
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So you're saying the work is transformative?
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You know, this might actually turn out to be funny. All the pirates have to do is go war-driving when they want music and some 90-year old grandma who doesn't know what an IP address is will get hit with negligence. I imagine some unscrupulous people will figure out exactly which files are being monitored by the *IAA and specifically download those from as many open connections as they can find.
Starbucks, your free WiFi days are numbered!
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Farm's a big place . . . just sayin'.
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