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This is taken from Christopher Kuner's homepage Click Contact Link where there are further articles regarding the Law of Electronic and Internet Commerce In Germany.
Given at the Opening of the 5th Annual BSI IT Security Congress on April 28, 1997 in Bonn
Translation and Commentary by Click Contact Link , Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch & Partners, Frankfurt
Translation copyright 1996 Christopher Kuner. Reproduction is permitted, provided that this translator's note, including the above copyright notice, is retained in its entirety.
Commentary: The following speech given by the German Minister of the Interior, Manfred Kanther, on April 28, 1997 in Bonn is a significant event in the ongoing crypto debate in Germany. Kanther, a member of Chancellor Helmut Kohl's ruling CDU party and a political heavyweight, is known to favor "law and order" positions, but had not previously made a public statement on crypto regulation. The speech is notable for Kanther's hard-line position,
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