IP: Programming languages covered by First Amendment

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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> 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
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> 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.
>
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