IP: Academic freedom [when do we get hit in the USA , the mood is right djf]

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Ross is a crypto type and very very good djf


> > From: Ross Anderson [mailto:Ross.Anderson@cl.cam.ac.uk]
> > Sent: 07 February 2002 18:04
> > To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> > Subject: Academic freedom
> >
> >
> >
> > We've just realised over the last few days that the Export Control Bill,
> > currently before the Lords, gives ministers the power of pre-publication
> > review over scientific papers.
> >
> > In the past, scientific discoveries could be classified if the scientist
> > applied for a patent, but not if the results were simply published; this
> > is seen by Whitehall not as a fundamental freedom, but as a loophole
> > that needs to be quietly closed.
> >
> > I have thrown together a web page with the background and the most
> > relevant links:
> >
> >         http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/exportbill.html
> >
> > If you're an academic, or a foreign national living in the UK and
> > working with technology, or a British citizen who derives income from
> > technology exports, this bill could be bad news. In fact, I hope
> > everyone who cares about freedom will consider it to be unacceptable.
> >
> > If you're a journalist, I hope it's a story you can run with,
> >
> > Ross Anderson

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