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by randomran01234
1400 days ago
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“free speech” = “protected by first amendment” Do you disagree with the widespread reporting on the outcome of this case? https://www.britannica.com/event/Bernstein-vs-the-US-Departm... > Bernstein v. the U.S. Department of State, landmark legal decision (1996) that set two important precedents in the field of digital technology. First, it ruled that U.S. government regulations that barred the export of encryption software were unconstitutionally restrictive; second, it declared that software source code can be a form of protected free speech. and https://casetext.com/case/bernstein-v-united-states-dept-of-... > The district court found that the Source Code was speech protected by the First Amendment, see Bernstein v. Department of State, 922 F. Supp. 1426 (N.D. Cal. 1996) ("Bernstein I") |
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