[82744] in Cypherpunks
Re: Crypto Law Survey updated
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lee Tien)
Thu Jul 3 03:17:59 1997
In-Reply-To: <9A131B1A13@frw3.kub.nl>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 14:26:38 -0700
To: cypherpunks@toad.com, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Lee Tien <tien@well.com>
Reply-To: Lee Tien <tien@well.com>
There is a summary of the Canadian crypto rules, by Stewart Baker, at the
Steptoe and Johnson site: http://www.steptoe.com/encryp.htm
I skimmed it today and it seems that Canada is considerably more liberal.
There are interesting issues regarding U.S.-originated content.
Lee
At 9:19 AM -0700 7/2/97, Bert-Jaap Koops wrote:
>I have just updated my survey of existing and envisaged cryptography
>laws and regulations.
>See the Crypto Law Survey at
>http://cwis.kub.nl/~frw/people/koops/lawsurvy.htm
>
>This update includes:
>- update on Australia (Walsh report), Germany (Interior Ministry
> opinion), Sweden (IT commission report), US (government bill
> amended, Kerrey-McCain bill, SAFE act amended and passed House
> committees, czar travel FOIA request)
>- clarification on Singapore (import, domestic), Japan (government
>cannot choose)
>- URLs added to Belgium (law proposals), Canada (export), UK
>(cyber-rights report)
>
>Comments are as always welcomed.
>
>Kind regards,
>Bert-Jaap
>
