ukcrypto digest, Vol 1 #783 - 8 msgs

[Richard Clayton]

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In article <5.1.0.14.0.20020709122826.029d9428@server1.nigelwhitfield.co
m>, MS <ms@PyroSkin.com> writes

>At 07:47 09/07/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > [mailto:ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk]On Behalf Of James
>> > Hammerton
>> > Sent: 08 July 2002 15:54
>>
>>
>>In the particular of your 'banning PGP' example, it does seem to fall at the
>>first fence. There are no longer any restrictions on the free movement of
>>unclassified cipher programs within the EU. No EU country can abrogate this
>>agreement unilaterally any more than it can any other intra-EU trade
>>agreement it has entered into.
>
>Oops!   The use, or even possession of, PGP or a PGP-encoded message is 
>illegal in France....

not these days (or indeed since January 1999)

I expect Bert-Jaap Koops will be along to blow his own trumpet any time
now, but until then have a look at his excellent Crypto Law Survey

        http://rechten.kub.nl/koops/cryptolaw/index.htm

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richard                                              Richard Clayton

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