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Re: PGP illegal in Australia ?

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From: Jim Dunnett
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 00:00
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On 06 Nov 1998 13:11:10 -0500, Zdzislaw Meglicki
<gustav@blanc.ovpit.indiana.edu> wrote:

>It is illegal to export PGP code and binaries, but it is not illegal
>to export PGP book and code in a text format. This indeed has been done.
>The book containing the whole PGP code had been printed and exported to
>Europe. There the book has been read back using OCR, and PGP is not
>freely available from Europe without any export restrictions.

That should read '...and PGP is now freely available...'

Anyone any idea whether PGP 6 is going to be available
here in Europe by the same route?

>> Having said that, indivisual ISPs may elect to ban PGP or MUDs for
>> whatever reason they wish.
>
>I'm not sure they can do that. 

Oh yes they can! They can make any conditions they want,
which you have to agree to when you sign up with them.

Enforcing such a ban would be a tad difficult without
monitoring ALL Email (?)

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From: olympus@jimdee%prestel.co.uk (Jim Dunnett)
Subject: Re: PGP illegal in Australia ?
Date: 1998/11/06
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