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Joined: 18 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:50 am Post subject: Pirated Movies, CDs, and games back through US customs? |
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| I have a heck of alot of pirated software, alot downloaded, cracked and burned over torrent, and alot more I bought cheapy on trips around Thailand. Very obvious the CDs and software are fake, crack files on them. Movies are also the most popular ones, ripped and put into movie files. On cds, dvds, and on my computer. And theres alot too. Some of it I burned myself, some I bought that way (with cheap fake labels), and some on my computer. Did any of you carry that kind of stuff through customs in the US? What did they do? Let you go on through, or confiscate it? |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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| I think it says in Know Before You Go that you are generally allowed one copy of a pirated item. Next time I come across my copy, I will check. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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It's available online now: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/
and it says:
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Articles bearing marks that are counterfeit or inappropriately using a federally registered trademark are subject to seizure and forfeiture.The importation of articles intended for sale or public distribution bearing counterfeit marks may subject an individual to a civil fine if the registered trademark has also been recorded with CBP. Articles bearing marks that are confusingly similar to a CBP recorded registered trademark , and restricted gray market articles (goods bearing genuine marks not intended for U.S. importation for which CBP granted gray market protection) are subject to detention and seizure.
However, travelers arriving in the United States may be permitted an exemption and allowed to import one article of each type, which must accompany the person, bearing a counterfeit, confusingly similar or restricted gray market trademark, provided that the article is for personal use and is not for sale.
This exemption may be granted not more than once every 30 days. The arriving passenger may retain one article of each type accompanying the person. For example, an arriving person who has three purses, whether each bears a different infringing trademark, or whether all three bear the same infringing trademark, is permitted only one purse. If the article imported under the personal exemption provision is sold within one year after the date of importation, the article or its value is subject to forfeiture.
In regard to copyright infringement, articles that are determined by CBP to be clearly piratical of a protected copyright, i.e., unauthorized articles that are substantially similar to a material protected by a copyright, are subject to seizure. A personal use exemption for articles, similar to that described above also applies to copyrighted articles for the personal, non-commercial use of the importer and are not for sale or distribution. |
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lastat06513
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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Now if you keep the copies in their original case, then yeah, you're going to get caught.
But if you put them in a CD/ DVD case along with your other disks, then you have nothing to worry about.
I brought back some movies for my brothers to watch and I kept them in the case and nothing happened to me.
Also, they're not going to take the time to search the drive to your pc to look for pirated material, unless you look like an Al-Qaeda suspect, which is highly unlikely.
Just be smart about it. |
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