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Re: How to ban crypto?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hadmut Danisch)
Sun Sep 16 18:22:34 2001
From: Hadmut Danisch <hadmut@danisch.de>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 00:07:36 +0200
To: Carl Ellison <cme@acm.org>
Cc: cryptography@wasabisystems.com, ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
Message-ID: <20010917000736.A5579@danisch.de>
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On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 02:12:40PM -0700, Carl Ellison wrote:
>
> I think it is ironic that Congress passed a law a while ago that
> discourages crypto researchers from studying and publishing how to
> detect and defeat stego systems.
>
:-O
What the hell is the purpose of such a law?
I could not agree with, but at least see some
sense in a law against stego, but what is
a law against detecting and defeating stego
systems good for?
Where can I find details about this law?
[Moderator's note: It is called the DMCA, Hadmut. It is intended to
prevent people from finding ways around copy protection. --Perry]
regards
Hadmut
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