Ask Slashdot: Can I Cross US Borders With Legally Ripped Media?

First time accepted submitter ozspeed writes "I live in Australia where I've been enjoying the luxury of taking legally purchased music and film and ripping them for my personal enjoyment on my digital media devices; all legal and above board in my country. I'm about to move to the U.S. for a few years and wondered if I would get into trouble if I tried to bring them across the border with me. Any Slashdot been in a similar position, or have a good view of the law on this?" The U.S. has claimed broad data-snooping rights at the border (though some common sense may have broken out, too), but I've never heard of anyone hassled for this reason; have you?

No

[Anonymous Coward]

Somebody seems to have learned everything he knows about America from Slashdot.....

Use steganography

[pem]

Hide your music inside pictures of naked children.