1997-03-25 - Re: INFO: Pro-CODE testimony available now online at democracy.net!

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From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
To: Shabbir Safdar <cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-03-25 05:54:42 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:54:42 -0800 (PST)

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From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:54:42 -0800 (PST)
To: Shabbir Safdar <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: INFO: Pro-CODE testimony available now online at democracy.net!
Message-ID: <199703250554.VAA22477@mail.pacifier.com>
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At 02:22 PM 3/24/97 -0500, Shabbir Safdar wrote:

>The hearing was held by the Senate Commerce Committe to consider S. 377,
>the Promotion of Commerce online in the Digital Era (Pro-CODE) Act and this
>issue of US encryption policy -- a critical issue to the Internet user
>community.

I, and maybe a lot of other people, are still waiting for somebody to do a 
side-by-side comparison of "Pro-Code 1997" with last year's version, the 
original.

What has changed?  For the worse?  Why?  Who wanted it changed?  Who changed 
it?  Are they embarrassed?


Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com





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