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- From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
- Subject: Re: RSAREF and RIPEM
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.233626.10066@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1993Jan08.214621.24299@rose.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 23:36:26 GMT
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- In response to Bob Heuman, I am coming around to the pragmatic view
- that since the violation of U.S. law is exporting controlled material,
- the violator is the person who downloaded it, not the person who
- put it on a bulletin board. I'm uncomfortable with this, for obvious
- reasons, but never mind.
-
- If so, and if the downloader is outside the U.S., he is likely
- outside the reach of U.S. law, and pragmatically speaking, unless
- U.S. authorities want to go around taking names and putting them
- on lists for visa applicant checking, or research funding, there's
- little the U.S. government can do.
-
- We next come to the point of whether the act is a violation of the
- national laws in the country where the downloader is. From what
- responses I've seen so far to that inquiry, it probably is in France,
- Germany, maybe Italy, Canada, and the U.K., not the Netherlands, and not
- Finland. I'd like more hard information on this point, though, from
- those who can quote the national laws directly.
-
- That's where my understanding is as of today.
-
- David
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- David Sternlight
- RIPEM Public Key on server -- Consider it an envelope for your e-mail
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