From: ag588@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (John C. Brice)
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 94 05:54:48 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Nature of RSA's patent
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>> I've got a guy who's telling me that PGP-encrypted communications sent
>> into the U.S.A. from abroad can be stopped at the border as infringing
>> "products," pursuant to this statute.
>
>I know you are looking for legal advice, but the idea of some stiff trying
>to stop a communication at the "border" just seemed rather ludicrous to
>me.  Somehow I don't think he'll have much luck imposing national
>boundaries on cyberspace, which has no borders, save those of private,
>individual systems.  Once something is on the net, they'd do better of
>thinking of it as instantly being everywhere, rather than beating their
>heads against the wall with old, hidebound ideas of restricting the flow
>of information. 
>
>-- 
>     Joel Mueller - <Insert your favorite witty quote here; I'm tired.>
>  GAT/O -d+(---) -p+ c++@ l+ u++ e m+ s+/- n- h-- f+@ g+(-) w+ t(--) ry? 
>     PGP 2.3a Public Key : finger jmueller@gac.edu or on keyservers.
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>
>
While am in agreement with your sentiments, the fact remains that
governments certainly are attempting to assert their dominion over portions
of cyberspace.  Are these the final death throes of a doomed species, with
corporations and loose confederations of hackers destined to take their
places, or will this be part of the justification for a one-world
government?

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