From: Lee Tien <tien@well.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 14:56:08 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Crypto Law Survey updated
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There is a summary of the Canadian crypto rules, by Stewart Baker, at the
Steptoe and Johnson site:  http://www.steptoe.com/encryp.htm

I skimmed it today and it seems that Canada is considerably more liberal.
There are interesting issues regarding U.S.-originated content.

Lee

At 9:19 AM -0700 7/2/97, Bert-Jaap Koops wrote:
>I have just updated my survey of existing and envisaged cryptography
>laws and regulations.
>See the Crypto Law Survey at
>http://cwis.kub.nl/~frw/people/koops/lawsurvy.htm
>
>This update includes:
>-    update on Australia (Walsh report), Germany (Interior Ministry
>     opinion), Sweden (IT commission report), US (government bill
>     amended, Kerrey-McCain bill, SAFE act amended and passed House
>     committees, czar travel FOIA request)
>-    clarification on Singapore (import, domestic), Japan (government
>cannot choose)
>-    URLs added to Belgium (law proposals), Canada (export), UK
>(cyber-rights report)
>
>Comments are as always welcomed.
>
>Kind regards,
>Bert-Jaap
>