IP: IEEE copyright policy includes export control law compliance statement

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Lorrie Cranor <lorrie () research att com>
Reply-To: Lorrie Cranor <lorrie () research att com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 23:04:43 -0400


FYI... A few months ago I believe someone posted a note
about the IEEE copyright policy and a DMCA-related
requirement. This requirement was removed, but
there are still some requirements in the new IEEE policy
that many find objectionable. There is a section
on "Export Control Law Compliance" (see below) that
seems quite problematic. I've heard that lawyers from AT&T,
IBM, Lucent, and Avaya are all telling their researchers
not to sign this.


Export Control Law Compliance
The IEEE, a not-for-profit organization headquartered in the State of New
York in the United States of America, distributes its technical
publications throughout the world and wants to ensure that the material
submitted to its publications is properly available for general
dissemination to the readership of those publications. The undersigned
hereby certifies that: (1) the information contained in any
materials submitted to the IEEE in connection with the Work is not subject
to any restriction related to its disclosure, because it is not
defense-related, classified, or subject to any other disclosure restrictions
by any government, including the United States government,
that has authority to restrict the dissemination of such information; (2)
any and all necessary authorization(s) from the undersigned's
employer(s) for the disclosure of the information discussed in the Work have
been obtained; and (3) the foregoing applies to all future
versions of the Work, edited by the undersigned, an assistant, co-author or
any person working with the undersigned. If the information
is subject to any disclosure restrictions, the undersigned certifies that
all necessary written authorization(s) for its public disclosure have
been obtained and are attached herewith. IEEE reserves the right to refuse
publication of the Work or participation at a conference for
failure to certify the foregoing.


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