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Re: Fw: Re: ITAR satellite provision
On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, jim bell wrote:
> At 02:05 PM 10/3/96 -0400, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
> >Alas, a common fallacy.
> >
> >You have committed a prohibited export when the stuff lands outside the
> >USA....It's not illegal when it goes up ("by reason of the launching" and,
> >e.g. *stays up* in orbit) but it is illegal when it comes down abroad.
>
> Sure about that? The regulation said something like "launch vehicle" or
> "launch," apparently indicating that a "launch vehicle" could actually be
> exported, THEN launched, etc, without violating ITAR. And since the
> regulation does not go into any detail about the "launch", other than it is
> a "launch" (and does not explicitly prohibit landing subsequent to launch)
> the implication is that there is no prohibition.
>
> I still think the regulation was just written sloppily.
Thankfully, you're not an attorney.
>
> Jim Bell
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>
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