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Simon R Knight (srk@tcp.co.uk)
Wed, 24 Jun 1998 03:20:47 0000
On 23 Jun 98 at 15:48, Austin Mann wrote:
> >June 23rd, 1998 - The World Intellectual Property Organization treaty has
> >already passed the US Senate and is close to passing in the House. The
> >treaty would make it illegal, with extremely stiff penalties, to break
> >security schemes without the permission of the company that makes the
> >product ...
<snip>
I don't like the sound of this "World Intellectual Property
Organization" treaty ... it give an impression that the US
government has the intent to foist such a treaty upon other countries
too. The UK government may also sign such a "World" treaty, which is
a cause for concern. Could world governments be planning strict
controls over cryptography, like those of New Zealand and Australia;
... it's not a nice thought.
Does the CodherPlunks charter extend to steganography too !
Simon R Knight
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:18:55 ADT