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Japanese Playstation 2 Exports Curtailed (was Re: [ILN] INTERNET
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R. A. Hettinga)
Fri Mar 3 16:37:22 2000
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Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 08:16:32 -0500
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At 8:05 AM -0500 on 3/3/00, Michael Geist wrote:
> JAPANESE PLAYSTATION 2 EXPORTS CURTAILED
> Japanese export rules will curtail the export of the Sony Playstation 2
> outside the country by forcing would-be exporters to obtain a license from
> the Japenese Department of Trade and Commerce. The reason for license --
> crypto in the playstation.
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/000302-000026.html
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