[117314] in Cypherpunks
Re: ACTION ALERT: Crypto Legislation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School )
Tue Aug 31 12:08:50 1999
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:44:28 -0400
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From: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
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Reply-To: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
I don't know the answer to your question off the top of my head, sorry.
I will say this: I personally oppose any bill, no matter how liberal it
may be on export issues, that contains any domestic criminalization of
cryptography use.
I believe the export issue will solve itself over time; thus it is not
worth paying any price on domestic rules to get what is inevitable a
little sooner.
I have never agreed with CDT on this issue.
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Duncan Frissell wrote:
> Michael,
>
> But what about the part of the SAFE bill that ciminalizes a violation of a
> court order to decrypt? Are there any other cases where refusal to obey an
> order in equity gives rise to a common law crime?
> >
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