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robert@alkymi.unit.no (Robert Schmidt) writes:
>Hasn't someone already broken the law by handing the file to garbo,
>which is a finnish site?  I guess garbo can't be blamed for making
>the file public, though, as the law doesn't affect them.

>I myself had no problem getting this non-export version, even though I
>live in Norway.

It's much like most speed limits and other stupid laws... the only bad
thing about violating the law is getting caught.  There's no moral,
ethical, or other dilemmas in breaking a bad law, as far as most are
concerned, and this is one of the worst.  That would imply some sort
of respect for the legislators and enforcement agencies other than
fear of getting caught.  The newletters devoted to the subject are a
good example of how respected laws are that forbid listening to
cellular calls.

Consider that all someone from out of the country has to do to get it
is call the PKWare BBS (or any US BBS that has the program) direct.  I
know that one of the first DES applications (another "forbidden
export" technology) came from Denmark.

  Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law
  of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
                               -- Albert Einstein

and, of course

  It is difficult to legislate morality in the absence of moral legislators.


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