A positive excerpt from UK's House of Lords's July 23 lengthy, thoughtful report on the information society: http://www.hmsoinfo.gov.uk/hmso/document/inforsoc/ch5.htm#5.92 5.92 The US Government's restrictions on exporting software from the USA which includes high levels of encryption is threatening to become a major barrier to the development of the information Superhighways, which is in no-one's interests. The Government must join with other EU Member States in putting pressure on the USA to relax its restrictions on the export of encryption technology. Thanks to Mark Gould on Cyberia-L, see the full report at: http://www.hmsoinfo.gov.uk/hmso/document/inforsoc.htm INFORMATION SOCIETY: AGENDA FOR ACTION IN THE UK