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MitchMartin
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 Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:02 pm Post subject: Laptop: Carry-On vs. Luggage |
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I'm a little concerned that upon arriving at customs Korea Air or Asiana is going to go through the files on my Laptop (or even iPod) and decide that all that pirated stuff justifies them confiscating my laptop.
So my question is, to what degree do they go through your laptop at customs for Korean Air/Asiana? |
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Forward Observer
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Location: FOB Gloria
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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| They won't go through your stuff. They will wave you through. Just walk out, they don't ever stop me, been doing it for 14 years. |
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Dixon
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Why would you be against them taking your laptop, if you yourself steal all the time? |
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djsmnc
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Never ever ever ever ever ever ever put your laptop in luggage. |
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Old Gil
Joined: 26 Sep 2009
Location: Got out! olleh!
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Dixon wrote: |
| Why would you be against them taking your laptop, if you yourself steal all the time? |
So deep! |
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greene
Joined: 11 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:50 pm Post subject: Re: Laptop: Carry-On vs. Luggage |
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| MitchMartin wrote: |
I'm a little concerned that upon arriving at customs Korea Air or Asiana is going to go through the files on my Laptop (or even iPod) and decide that all that pirated stuff justifies them confiscating my laptop.
So my question is, to what degree do they go through your laptop at customs for Korean Air/Asiana? |
how would they even know it was pirated? how would they have time to look through files on everyone's computer? or even 1/1000 people's computers?
even if they did i would just say, "i bought all of these movies and cds and then i threw out the cds because they are on my computer" |
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greene
Joined: 11 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Dixon wrote: |
| Why would you be against them taking your laptop, if you yourself steal all the time? |
how can you see your computer screen from wayyyyy up there on your high horse? |
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themagicbean
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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1. @"There's not way they can know it was pirated." Exactly, on top of that, file-sharing is legal in many countries (was in Spain just years ago). So what is "pirated" varies from place to place.
2 @"You steal all the time." When you have a chance look into the history of IP law and consider that IP isn't a zero-sum game. Then we'll talk about social harm and copyright. Or I could just quote Judge Posner, "Overprotections stifles the very creative forces [such laws] are supposed to protect." But I have a feeling I'm wasting my time. |
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ThingsComeAround
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| djsmnc wrote: |
| Never ever ever ever ever ever ever put your laptop in luggage. |
AMEN |
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MitchMartin
Joined: 14 Jan 2010
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:07 am Post subject: |
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| Forward Observer wrote: |
| They won't go through your stuff. They will wave you through. Just walk out, they don't ever stop me, been doing it for 14 years. |
I remember hearing something about border crossings between Canada and the USA being tightened up due to pressure from the recording industry over pirated software/mp3s.
| Dixon wrote: |
| Why would you be against them taking your laptop, if you yourself steal all the time? |
Yeah that's pretty deep. I'm going to have to go with a (mylipsareslead) smiley.
| djsmnc wrote: |
| Never ever ever ever ever ever ever put your laptop in luggage. |
At first when I read this I understood it the other way around (luggage = carryon).
It's been so long since I've flown; do planes have wifi?
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| how would they even know it was pirated? how would they have time to look through files on everyone's computer? or even 1/1000 people's computers? |
Honestly, I have no clue... but I needed to check, just to be sure. I supposed that even if they did - one should never underestimate the power of denial.
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I was going to post this in a separate thread, but I'll just put it here:
Power bars: I'd like to bring one, but should I just get one when I arrive there, or is it possible to plug one into a converter and then connect all my North American male plugs into it? |
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Jandar
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Seriously delete the pirated stuff.
You can download it again when you get to Korea at 15 times the spead. |
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MitchMartin
Joined: 14 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:49 am Post subject: |
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| Jandar wrote: |
Seriously delete the pirated stuff.
You can download it again when you get to Korea at 15 times the spead. |
I'm going to have to stick with the "how will they know" guys. Asia is really lax about pirated stuff, probably to a greater extent than Canada.
Besides, we're talking a lot of stuff, a lot of which isn't available anymore. |
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Oliver
Joined: 19 Apr 2008
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:49 am Post subject: Re: Laptop: Carry-On vs. Luggage |
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| MitchMartin wrote: |
I'm a little concerned that upon arriving at customs Korea Air or Asiana is going to go through the files on my Laptop (or even iPod) and decide that all that pirated stuff justifies them confiscating my laptop.
So my question is, to what degree do they go through your laptop at customs for Korean Air/Asiana? |
Why would a customs officer do that? You put your laptop through the XRAY machine but that is it. |
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BrassMonkey
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I bought a laptop in Korea and later found out that all the Microsoft applications installed on it were pirated. This is not uncommon in Korea if you buy from smaller retailers at a bargain price. Having pirated software doesn't always mean you broke the law knowlingly. They really won't care, if they check it, which they won't.
CARRY IT ON! You'll be fine. Really. You're heading to a country where people sell bootlegged DVDs out of small stalls in subway stations without any fear of persecution and academic institutions have printers make copies of texts so they don't have to pay publishers prices. Nobody's going to bat an eyelid because your copy of Word isn't genuine. |
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Old Gil
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Location: Got out! olleh!
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| Seeing as everyone and they baby mama have a laptop, there is simply no way that it's feasible from a 'not pissing everybody off' standpoint. It would take hours to get thru and bballi bballi, seo-bi-seu obsessed Korean populace would simply not tolerate that. |
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