How to ban crypto?

[James S. Tyre]

At 12:07 AM 9/17/2001 +0200, Hadmut Danisch wrote:
>On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 02:12:40PM -0700, Carl Ellison wrote:
> >
> > I think it is ironic that Congress passed a law a while ago that
> > discourages crypto researchers from studying and publishing how to
> > detect and defeat stego systems.
> >
>
>:-O
>
>What the hell is the purpose of such a law?
>I could not agree with, but at least see some
>sense in a law against stego, but what is
>a law against detecting and defeating stego
>systems good for?
>
>Where can I find details about this law?
>
>[Moderator's note: It is called the DMCA, Hadmut. It is intended to
>prevent people from finding ways around copy protection. --Perry]

And access protection of course.  17 U.S.C. sections 1201-1205, 512, with 
1201 being the main code section.  All available at 
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/

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