From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 01:15:33 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Leahy Bill a Move to Slow Crypto Exports as Much as Possible
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At 11:34 AM 3/11/96 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote:

>I was more thinking about "novel" applications: things related to digital
>cash, remailers, information markets, etc. These are things which are at a
>nascent stage, and nearly any of them can stalled for export by citing the
>absence of comparable competitors in Europe and Asia.
>
>Hence my concern that the clause is effectively an excuse for delaying
>crypto for as long as is practically possible. Not much of an improvement
>over what we have now--though established companies will no doubt be happy
>because they can export their fairly boring apps--and the new
>criminalization of crypto (when connected with any of the other thousands
>of felony-class crimes, such as swearing) is a step backward.
>
>--Tim May


You're exactly correct, here, Tim.  (I realize that you may not necessarily 
welcome an affirmation from me, but you are indeed right about your 
concerns.)  I've chosen to not focus on the export aspects; I'm glad to see 
you are ably raising them as problems.

Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com
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