re suggestions for escrow agencies was re more technical details in article strnlghtc ybka dp netcom com strnlght netcom com david sternlight brings up the issue of how the escrow agent will be paid and the fact that the government had financial leverage if they don t cooperate it s an important issue especially if one of the escrow agents decides they d rather stop offering the service i assume that if the escrow agent isn t the government then the contract for providing escrow service would include some termination clause like returning the keys the easiest way is a user fee for each clipper chip manufactured this makes the funding separate from government but who s the user paying the fees here and what s the service if the user is the government then the funding s not separate from the government if the user is the buyer what s the service keeping the key for me no thanks i don t need and won t buy their service not telling everybody my key sounds like blackmail if the user is the manufacturer does the user have a choice about buying the alternative is to just generate the key and not escrow it which is fine i d certainly pay more for this kind of key than an escrowed key face it the escrow provider is providing a service the users don t want the only people who want it are the government not the users what you re really talking about is either the government paying for the service up front or per year either from general taxes or from a special direct tax on wiretap chips or on an indirect tax forcing the manufacturer to pay the fee to the escrow agent i hope the escrow people have no way of finding out your name from your serial number especially if the escrow is a government agency here in new jersey we have lots of people willing to provide that sort of services for user fees there are people willing to keep your store from burning down for a small monthly fee though sometimes people refuse to pay and discover that the service really was effective if you go to a baseball game at yankee stadium there are people who will watch your car in the parking lot for a small user fee something could scratch the paint after all and what a shame if your clipper key got out pray for peace bill bill stewart wcs anchor att com at t bell labs m holmdel nj no i m from new jersey i only work in cyberspace white house commect line fax
