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From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 05:01:56 -0400
From: golds () mail com X-Sender: (Unverified) Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 21:26:56 -0500 To: farber () cis upenn edu Subject: Programming languages covered by First Amendment This article also points out the potential implications of this decision for the First Amendment arguments in other cases, like the current DVD reverse-engineering case. Rich Goldschmidt golds () mail com Court: Programming languages covered by First Amendment By Patricia Jacobus Staff Writer, CNET News.com April 4, 2000, 6:15 p.m. PT URL: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1641004.html A federal appeals court today cleared the way for a law professor to post previously banned encryption software on the Internet, finding that computer code qualifies as speech protected by the First Amendment. The decision hands the U.S. government yet another defeat in its efforts to keep intact federal rules limiting the export of encryption software. Academics and civil liberties groups have mounted several attacks on the regulations, winning a similar result before an appeals court in California, a decision currently under review. <snip>
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