I wonder if this is related to the new sanctions against Russia and they’ve applied them to the wrong group, the timing is very coincidental otherwise.
Silent1 From: liberationtech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nariman Gharib Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 10:32 AM To: liberationtech Subject: [liberationtech] All licenses have been revoked by Norton due to Iran's sanctions! Hi, I received many reports from Iran which people saying that their Norton Licenses which bought through someone in outside country or some resellers inside Iran who access to credit cards have been revoked from Norton. one of them contacted Norton and they said that we can't speak with you through phone because we have no business with Iran. [I have a case number as well.] when people are going to Norton website they will see this message below, before that you should know that US Treasury lifted some sanctions include selling Anti Virus to Iran about 5,6 month ago. http://oti.newamerica.net/blogposts/2014/us_government_clarifies_tech_authorizations_under_iranian_sanctions-103425 The message from Norton website: http://buy-static.norton.com/estore/html/EmbargoedCountriesPage.html " Embargoed Country We're sorry that we are unable to process your request for Symantec products. Symantec screens orders to ensure it does not export products in breach of government regulations. As part of the screening process, your order has been cancelled for one of the following reasons: 1)There is an export restriction from the country of origin to the ordering party or named end user. 2)There is an export restriction from the country of origin to the destination country. If you feel that you have received this notification in error, please send an email to [email protected]. " Thanks Nariman @Listentous -- PGP: 084F 95C0 BD1B B15A 129C 90DB A539 6393 6999 CBB6 _____ AVG found no virus found in this message at the point of sending. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7949 - Release Date: 07/30/14
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