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Originally Posted by Mortis
Canadian customs has in the past and does confiscate laptops that they believe contain illegal or incriminating evidence....
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Yes, I have no doubt that if you act suspiciously at the border, Customs will take a nice thorough look at the contents of your hard drive. In the example given, the individual crossing the border was a registered sex offender, and they shipped off his hard drive for further analysis.
However, it's a far cry from checking a hard drive for child porn, to notifying three dozen copyright holders that an individual has a bunch of pirated ebooks.
Nor does it seem likely that they will all but make stuff up to pinch you on a minor offense, let alone a
civil offense.
So again: Cause for concern, likely. Terror that some otherwise unavailable info will be shipped off and get you in hot water with Random House, rather silly.