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                Date: 2000-12-10
                 
                 
                Cybercrime: Noch mehr Opposition
                
                 
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      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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edited by Harkank 
published on: 2000-12-10 
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