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New UK law makes a wide range of software illegal.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Fri May 19 16:46:24 2006
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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 16:41:37 -0400
A new amendment to the UK's computer crimes law makes it illegal to:
[...]makes, adapts, supplies or offers to supply any article
a) intending it to be used to commit, or to assist in the commission
of, an offence under section 1 or 3 [of the Computer Misuse Act];
or
(b) believing that it is likely to be so used.
A number of people have pointed out that, as phrased, this covers
virtually all software, including compilers, operating systems, etc.,
since it is clear that they will be used from time to time in computer
crimes.
Full article:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39270045,00.htm
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Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com
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