1998-02-19 - Re: Stupid Law

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From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
To: Bob De Witt <rdew@el.nec.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1998-02-19 04:09:13 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 12:09:13 +0800

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From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 12:09:13 +0800
To: Bob De Witt <rdew@el.nec.com>
Subject: Re: Stupid Law
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So leave the laptop in the hotel safe before going back to the US each 
evening.

On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Bob De Witt wrote:

> Yes, it is.  Even if he wrote a program in Mexico, but carried his laptop
> back and forth daily, each piece can come into the US, but cannot leave
> again!  Uuuuuuuuummmmmmm, gooooood!  Read the actual documents.
> 
> 
> Bob De Witt,
> rdew@el.nec.com
> 
> 
> > From anon@anon.efga.org Tue Feb 17 19:44:29 1998
> > Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 22:08:26 -0500
> > From: Anonymous <anon@anon.efga.org>
> > Comments: This message did not originate from the Sender address above.
> > 	It was remailed automatically by anonymizing remailer software.
> > 	Please report problems or inappropriate use to the
> > 	remailer administrator at <admin@anon.efga.org>.
> > To: cypherpunks@toad.com
> > 
> > >Doesn't the act of taking it across the border, in the laptop, constitute
> > >an act of export??
> > 
> > Well, yes it would, but the original scenario includes WRITING the code
> > outside of the US, which means it never was a US creation, even if the
> > creature that happened to be writing the code was native to the US.
> > 
> > The question is whether the dude could pull a stunt like this and get
> > away with it. I'd say go for it. You got a plausible loophole to a
> > stupid law that might not hold in court anyways.
> > 
> > -Anon
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 






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