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Intellectual Property

Mar. 18, 2000

Secret Bits

^^Intellectual Property^^ Secret Bits New Rules Liberalize Export of Encryption Software The new regulations remove some of the previous restrictions on the U.S. cryptography industry but are needlessly complicated.

By Edward J. Radlo
        On Jan. 14, the U.S. Commerce Department issued an "interim final" rule substantially liberalizing the government's restrictive policy concerning the export and re-export of encryption commodities and software.
        The government's new encryption export policy recognizes three levels of encryption. The first le...

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