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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: USSR International Computer Club (was: Information on the ICC)
Message-ID: <2840@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 21 Jan 89 15:14:22 GMT
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In article <1568@cps3xx.UUCP>, rang@cpsin3.cps.msu.edu (Anton Rang) writes:
>   We have agreements to prevent transfers of sensitive data; do we
> also have ones which cover public information channels?  (I don't
> know, I'm by no means an expert in this kind of thing.)

According to the book "The Spycatcher Trial", there are not only no agreements
in place to protect published (in the terminology of the book, "Public Domain"
information), but there is precedent in place ("Spycatcher", by Peter Wright)
that published information is not so protected.

Ironic that Peter Wright is even more staunch an anti-communist than Mrs.
Thatcher.
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