From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 07:50:31 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Encryption sales ban costs U.S. $60 billion
Message-ID: <199601090516.VAA28411@ix6.ix.netcom.com>
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At 09:40 PM 1/7/96 -0800, dang@netcom.com (DRG) wrote:
>S.F. Examiner:
>
>ENCRYPTION SALES BAN COSTS U.S. $60 BILLION
>
>NEW YORK U.S. companies will lose as much as 30 percent of the $200 
>billion in U.S. computer system sales expected in 200 because of federal 
>export laws that limit the encryption of information, a recent study found.

OK, so crypto export laws will cost about as much as direct expenditures
on the War On Politically Incorrect Drugs, or medical costs of tobacco.
No problem....


        :-(


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