I'm placing this in the music portion of the tech thread because this is where I've seen articles on copywriting and mp3s and legality/ morality, etc. etc.

I ran into this article while driving across Vancouver Island and enjoying the local press. It's by Vito Pilieci of the Canwest News Service. It appears to me to be a sign of a continuing pendulum swing toward pervasive corporate control of intellectual property rights, to the extent, if the article can be believed, of expropriation of recorders at border checks.

I'd like to get some feedback as to the accuracy of this article, is it news, or is it inflated fear-mongering?

Feds pushing for tougher copyright laws