I'm bound to Japan a few hours from now and up to this moment I am agonizing over whether to bring my binder full of CD-ROMs.
All of my CDs contain computer data; from Office documents, video clips, sound files, to electronic books, most o which are downloaded over the internet.
I'm mostly concerned about piracy issues here, and I really don't want to jeopardize the opportunity to work there in Japan, but I badly need to bring those stuff.
Please help me.
I need to know, so if anyone here had the same experience please tell me what to do.
2007-11-17 00:47:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
The worst that could happen is that the CD-ROMs will be destroyed. It's not as if customs officers have enough time to dig through every file on every device to search for copyrighted material. If they did then no one would be able to take their MP3 player anywhere, and there are very few people who don't have at least one copyright violation on their laptop.
As long as the media is obviously for your personal use, then customs is unlikely to be very interested in it. The fact is, it's perfectly legal to make backup copies of software or tapes of CDs that you already own to play in your car. As long as you don't use the original and copy at the same time, it's not violating the terms of the intellectual property licensing. For all the customs officers know, you could have the originals back home which would make it all copacetic.
2007-11-17 01:08:29 · answer #1 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unless you have 900 of them, it should'nt be a problem.
2007-11-17 05:26:59 · answer #2 · answered by Vinegar Taster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personal experience - no!
Many times - no!
All my friends - no!
Have I ever heard of a friend of a friend situation - no!
I wouldn't worry.
2007-11-17 01:10:59 · answer #3 · answered by mamesmumma 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If you put it in your suitcase and check your luggage you should not have a problem.
2007-11-17 00:50:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋