Re: PGP as a World Standard

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From: Ed Carp
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:43

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Vesselin Bontchev (bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de) wrote:

: 2) If you have indeed commited a crime when using PGP (which I
: sincerely doubt), then the fact that you were not aware of the law
: does not make you innocent.

True, but the fact that someone discontinues any illegal act when they
discover that it *is* illegal (without threat or fear of discovery) may
be used as an affirmative defense to prosecution in some jurisdictions.

Not that I consider using PGP to be an illegal act...
-- 
Ed Carp			erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com	801/538-0177

Who and what would you be if you went beyond your deepest fears?

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