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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
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.
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Looking back, I forgot to say...
I really doubt anyone is going to take the time to look through your ebook to find pirated copies, more importantly, how would they know they were pirated, I know I wouldn't know. In the case of Harry Potter books, the customs and immigration people have a million things to look for and I as a passenger would prefer they catch the bombs, just an idea.