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              | Date: 2000-12-10 
 
 Cybercrime: Noch mehr Opposition-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.-
 
 Seit gestern tritt die US-Wirtschaftskammer offen gegen eine
 Unterzeichnung des Cybercrime-Abkommens auf. Nach ihrer
 ersten Deklaration, die alles so richtig ins Rollen brachte,
 setzt die Global Internet Liberty Campaign gerade noch eins
 drauf: ein zweiter Brief wird grade zum weltweiten
 Unterzeichnen auf der internen List herumgereicht.
 
 Offener Brief 1
 http://www.quintessenz.org
 
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 Sat, 09 Dec 2000 10:49:47 -0500 relayed via
 politech@politechbot.com From: 	Declan McCullagh
 
 ******* This press release came out yesterday. Background:
 http://www.politechbot.com/p-01136.html
 http://www.politechbot.com/p-01431.html
 http://www.politechbot.com/p-01553.html *******
 
 
 U.S. Chamber Opposes European Cyber Crime Treaty
 
 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Chamber of
 Commerce urged Congress to prevent international action on
 cyber crime that would hurt U.S. interests, saying the current
 draft of a Council of Europe treaty could violate American
 consumers' rights and undermine economic growth in this
 country's technology sector.
 
 "The United States must not agree to any treaty that fails to
 protect the rights of consumers and places unnecessary and
 costly burdens on e-Commerce companies," said Rick Lane,
 Chamber Director of eCommerce and Internet Technology.
 "The treaty proposed by the Council of Europe goes too far
 and could undermine the incredible growth we have seen in
 electronic commerce."
 
 Protecting America's technological infrastructure from cyber-
 terrorism and computer hacking is critical to U.S. businesses
 that rely on the Internet to buy and sell goods, according to
 the Chamber.  But the Council of Eur
 ope Convention on Cyber Crime would impose unworkable and possibly unlawful restrictions on the business practices of U.S. firms.
 
 "The Chamber is calling on Congress and the Department of Justice to protect the growing Internet marketplace for consumers and businesses," said Lane.  "We are reaching out to our business partners around the world to wa
 rn them of the dangers presented by this treaty."
 
 The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest
 business federation representing more than three million
 businesses and organizations of every size, sector and
 region.
 
 For More Information Call
 
 Chamber Media Relations at 202-463-5682
 
 
 
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