At 5:11 PM -0400 6/26/00, Harmon Seaver wrote: > Seems to me that this whole question was settled years ago when the >US Supreme ruled that a newspaper couldn't be stopped from publishing >instructions for making a nuclear bomb. Can't remember the exact case, >but it was around the time of the Pentagon Papers case. It was "The Progressive," circa 1980. And there are restrictions on electronic distribution systems which are not considered acceptable for the press. (Not saying I agree with these differences, just noting the current approach.) --Tim May -- ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, "Cyphernomicon" | black markets, collapse of governments.
