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Re: FROM A FRIEND . . .
Ian Goldberg writes:
: In article <[email protected]>,
: Jeff Weinstein <[email protected]> wrote:
: > I think that the general opinion of engineers and management here at
: >Netscape is that it would be A Really Good Thing to have our US-only
: >128+ bit version of Netscape Navigator available for download by US
: >citizens and others who are not legally prohibited from using it.
:
: Who _is_ legally prohibited from using it? I think there are some countries
: where the very use of crypto is illegal (could someone please list them?),
: but who else?
:
: There are some people that may be legally prohibited from _obtaining_ it
: from a US site (ITAR yadda), but even so, if JRFurriner downloads
: crypto from company C's site in the US, who's guilty of ITAR-violation?
: Company C for making it available, or JRF for initiating the action
: that caused the bits to be send out of the country?
:
: - Ian "my, I seem to be posting a lot tonight"
Probably both have violated the ITAR, but neither will be actually
prosecuted. On the other hand, Company C will be threatened and
harassed until it stops making the software available.
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Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH
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