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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
The International Airport in Osaka, Japan, has large signs near the customs stations warning people about bringing in counterfeit goods. But they are not looking for ONE counterfeit handbag or ONE counterfeit Rolex, or ONE pirated DVD. They are looking for people who are trafficking in these goods.
I had a client a few years ago who was an attorney for Microsoft. His only job was to prosecute illegal use of pirated Microsoft software. But Microsoft was NOT targeting individual users. They go after corporations using fifty to several hundred computers running illegal software. No one is looking for individual users, except some bummed-out border guard or customs officer whose wife may have shut him off the night before and he's just angry and taking it out where ever he can.
Stitchawl
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I have always found the Japanese customs people to be very polite and scary at the same time, maybe it's because they are so polite?
I was very worried going into Singapore the first time, I had very long hippy hair and because I had a 15 hour layover in LA I looked like a greasy pot smokin hippy too, the funny thing is they didn't even look at me funny and the whole time I was dreading those 6 horrible words "Bend over and think warm thoughts!".