Thursday, May 29, 2008

Uncustomary customs?

According to this article we could be in for changes when crossing the borders. I realize that for many of you "wikileaks" may not be the news gospel, but realize that it's just reposting a canwest news article that also appears in the Financial Post and the Vancouver Sun.

Key points in the article:

  • Security officials would be charged with checking laptops, iPods and even cellular phones for content that "infringes" on copyright laws, such as ripped CDs and movies.

  • Guards would be responsible for determining what is infringing content and what is not, as well as the authority to order "ex parte searches" (without a lawyer present)

  • Officials should be given the "authority to take action against infringers".

  • Infringers with content in their possession would be open to a fine and they may also have their device confiscated or destroyed.

  • Federal trade agreements do not require parliamentary approval.

  • Would include Canada, US and EU.



So let us think about this for a few seconds:

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Sean's first month



Sean was 1 month old last weekend. We took some photos of him with the bear (which I will try and do monthly again like we did with Keira), and we attempted the first sibling photo...