On Thu, Sep 11, 1997 at 06:12:15PM -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote:

I'm reading the bill more closely. This is incredibly slick work.

1. When it appears that any person is selling, importing, or distributing non-backdoor'd crypto or "about" to do so, the Atty General can sue to stop them. "Upon the filing of the complaint seeking injunctive relief by the Attorney General, the court shall automatically issue a temporary restraining order against the party being sued."

"distributing" Does that include paper copies of source code? How about slowly and carefully reciting source code to an audience? Writing it on a blackboard, perhaps? What if I respond to Adam Back and accidently forget to snip his .sig? (if that's not prior restraint, I don't know what is!)

2. There are provisions for closing the proceedings -- at the request of the "party against whom injunction is being sought." "Public disclosure of the proceedings shall be treated as contempt of court." Can also be closed if judge makes finding.

This, of course, is what remailers are for. More prior restraint, of course.

You get notified not later than 90 days afterwards. There are a lot of other "checks and balances" here that will be touted as safeguards.

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