From: IN%"hfinney@shell.portal.com" "Hal" 16-MAY-1996 10:21:05.33
One issue is whether these banking-secrecy countries like Anguilla are followers of the Berne convention or other international copyright regulations. Banking secrecy and software piracy don't necessarily go hand in hand. I hear a lot about copyright violations in China but not in the Caribbean. So actually it isn't clear that this country is the right location for a remailer that can post arbitrary material.
As I have stated, I am currently working on the second edition of this list. One consideration that I have thought of on using a banking-secrecy country is that it may be possible to set up a local limited-liability corporation there (assuming a remailer requiring an ecash payment), possibly paying into a trust fund with duress provisions. As an example, I might set up an offshore company in Anguilla which was owned by a trust fund; I would be the initial trustee for this trust fund, and Vince Cate might be the backup trustee if I was put under any duress (e.g., legal problems). Since I would have some costs for the initial setup of such an operation, I would deem it perfectly reasonable for the trust fund to owe me some money, which it would then pay me back as interest on this loan. -Allen