|Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 10:16:35 -0400 (EDT) |From: Jeff Barber <jeffb@sware.com> |To: Hadmut Danisch <danisch@ira.uka.de> |Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com |Subject: Re: Laws Outside the U.S. |Hadmut Danisch writes: |> The EC forces their countries to |> equalize their laws in the sense of "what you can do in one country,
you can do everywhere".
|> If France forbids the import of crypto software, but allows to sell it |> inside of France, then I can sue France, because the french programmer |> can sell his programs in France and I can't. |Isn't it inevitable that this will -- for the same reasons of equity |among the member countries -- evolve into a single set of laws governing |the *use* of crypto throughout the EC? Free movement of goods rules in the EC contain exceptions for public order and national security. National rules control in those areas. SOLONg