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IP: Tax break for snoopable crypto; 5 percent Net tax plan
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 19:26:56 -0400
If you think the Congress is sane, try this pair. Luckily there are sane members I HOPE!!! djf http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/21014.html A Tax Break for Snoopable Code by Declan McCullagh 3:00 a.m. 30.Jul.99.PDT WASHINGTON -- If anyone in Washington qualifies as an ardent foe of encryption, it's congressman Porter Goss (R-Florida). Two years ago, the chairman of the House Intelligence committee tried to make it a crime to distribute privacy-protecting software, such as PGP or recent versions of Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer. The plan failed, but Goss didn't give up. On Wednesday, he and the panel's ranking Democrat introduced a bill to jump-start the US market for encryption products with backdoors that would support government surveillance. [...remainder snipped...] http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/21007.html Measure Pushes Federal Net Tax by Declan McCullagh 3:00 a.m. 30.Jul.99.PDT WASHINGTON -- Have you grown used to Amazon.com's no-sales-tax book orders? Are you a fan of the cheap price tags at cdnow.com? Get ready for sticker shock. Anyone who orders merchandise online will have to pay a new 5 percent federal tax if a bill introduced in Congress this week becomes law. [...remainder snipped...] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to majordomo () vorlon mit edu with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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