Re: Export proposal

[Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>]

Huge Cajones Remailer wrote:
> > " Note to paragraphs (b)(2) and (b)(3) of this section: A printed
> > book or other printed material setting forth encryption source code
> > is not itself subject to the EAR (see Sec. 734.3(b)(2)). However,
> > notwithstanding Sec. 734.3(b)(2), encryption source code in
> > electronic form or media (e.g., computer diskette or CD ROM) remains
> > subject to the EAR (see Sec. 734.3(b)(3))."

> What this means is that the government is afraid that a ban on printed
> material would be considerably more difficult to uphold in court.
> It's far easier for them to argue that a floppy disk is a mechinism
> presenting a clear and present danger than it would be to argue the
> same for a book.

What about a fax?  That has to make things more complicated, yes?