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Article: The encryption export tax: a proposed solution and remedy to the issues and costs associated with exporting encryption technology.
- Article from:
- Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy
- Article date:
- September 22, 2000
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INTRODUCTION
U.S. regulations on the export of encryption technology ("crypto") raise numerous complex issues with technical, political, legal, and economic dimensions. The main argument for regulating and restricting the export of encryption is that the abuse of this technology by terrorists and criminals would severely impede the ability of national security and law enforcement officials to carry out their functions.(1) The software and high-tech industries, on the other hand, argue that current export regulations put U.S. encryption businesses at a competitive disadvantage relative to foreign companies, and that such regulations violate their First Amendment ...