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[FYI] Wassenaar - Pressebericht aus AU



http://www.theaustralian.com.au/techno/4278505.htm

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  Leaders back US limits on encryption
  By DAN TEBBUTT

  8dec98

  A PUSH led by the United States to curtail the spread of unbreakable
  computer-communications technologies has picked up momentum at a
  meeting in Vienna. 

  Thirty-three leading nations, including Australia, agreed to impose
  restrictions on mass-market encryption products. 

  The move went hand-in-hand with decisions that deregulated weaker
  forms of encryption and removed controls over purely consumer
  technologies, such as DVD and cordless telephones. 

  The US Government hailed the changes as a victory, as it had lobbied
  other countries to embrace its restrictive stance on encryption. 

  [...]

  No decision was made about regulating intangible distribution 
  of technology, such as Internet downloads. 

  It was not clear if the new restrictions were intended to stop
  public-domain software, such as the popular e-mail security package,
  PGP. 

  Although Australia prohibited unlicensed export of public-domain
  encryption software, the Wassenaar treaty provided an exemption. 

  A Canadian source confirmed public-domain software would remain
  unregulated even after the clampdown on mass-market products. 

  The Wassenaar revisions require local legislation by each member
  nation. 

  [...]

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