[free-sklyarov] An Alternative Line of Argumentation

[Declan McCullagh]

Offtopic:

A few years ago is a different story, just for historical accuracy.  A
House committee at the time approved a bill that would have made the
distribution of nonescrowed crypto a crime. See my writeup in the
cryptome.org archives.

-Declan


On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 05:09:15PM -0400, Jay Sulzberger wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Tom wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 04:56:27PM -0400, Jay Sulzberger wrote:
> > > There is a danger that the Copyright Englobulators of Earth will succeed
> > > in outlawing encrypted packets at the ISP and backbone level.
> >
> > not going to happen. VPN is a *huge* topic right now, and several
> > carriers strive to offer it to everyone who comes and pays.
> > incidently, VPN outside the carrier network requires encryption. :)
> 
> Here is how encryption could be denied to individuals:
> 
> You must get a license to run a VPN, or indeed any encryption, and
> licenses are only issued to responsible entities.  Licenses cost $10,000
> for one year, with a small per node fee in addition.
> 
> oo--JS.
> 
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