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1996-03-26 - Re: So, what crypto legislation (if any) is necessary? (Was List O’ , shame)

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From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
To: sameer <sameer@c2.org>
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Message ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960325152219.1146A-100000@polaris.mindport.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-03-26 18:33:59 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 02:33:59 +0800

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From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 02:33:59 +0800
To: sameer <sameer@c2.org>
Subject: Re: So, what crypto legislation (if any) is necessary? (Was List O' , shame)
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On Mon, 25 Mar 1996, sameer wrote:

> > I think many people on the list here had the right idea generally.  No 
> > legislation is good legislation for crypto.  Really the ITAR 
> > applications are beseiged right now, and will probably fizzle out of 
> > their own accord, not to mention the fact that they are de facto moot.
> > 
> > In practice it is trivial to subvert ITAR for the purposes of 
> > worldwide crypto availability.
> 
> 	You've obviously never brought a crypto product to market
> before.  

No, in fact, I have not.

What are the impediments to corporate marketing of crypto where the 
marketing and distrubting entity is foreign?  (I honestly don't know)

Granted, worldwide *personal* use of crypto availability is
> trivial, but not corporate.

Sufficently entrench personal use of crypto, and the personal/corporate 
use distinction ceases to exist.

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