[Free-sklyarov-uk] US court: yahoo vs french laws

Alistair Davidson lord_inh at yahoo.co.uk
Sat, 10 Nov 2001 11:43:11 +0000


Anton Chterenlikht wrote:

 >
 > Alistair Davidson wrote:
 >
 >>Anton Chterenlikht wrote:
 >>
 >>
 >>>1. "SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - In an important Internet policy case, a
 >>>  federal judge ruled Wednesday that Yahoo! Inc. does not have to
 >>>  comply with a French order that it keep users in France from
 >>>  seeing Nazi-related content on the Web site. "
 >>>
 >>They came for the Nazis, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Nazi.
 >>
 >>Kinda ironic, really.
 >>
 >
 > Exactly! That's a very important point, in my opinion, to make a clear
 > distinction in the law between 'nazi auctions' and cryptography research. I
 > would very much like to see the French government win in this particular case.
 > And I would be happy to see DoJ defeated in case against Elcom. (I do not say
 > 'against Sklyarov' because I think they have no chance to get him personally).
 > But to modify the law in this way is just a dream for now.


Huh? I'm opposed to the French government in this case.


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