More than an opinion I think, way more
<Hello Paul,
So in short, a Personal Directory can store any type of information that you want it to. Public and Private encryption keys, etc.>
Well that is great Scott but what does it mean "any type of information"? Exactly what type of information WOULD BEST be stored in a personal directory? How about the virtual property that A PERSON OWNS. Isn't it true Scott that nowhere on the internet is there a place where a person can own something? Isn't that the whole point about having a personal directory in the first place?
I think it is the most fundamental point.
<There is *nothing* that I can see, however, that will provide any kind of perfect protection for the record or movie companies.>
Perfect protection isn't needed, just good enough protection alla Microsoft is all that this world appears to need. And actually Scott the reason for having the personal directory isn't to have perfect protection, it is to have some place to put the ownership rights to what I own i nthe way of virtual property.
You will admit I hope that a personal directory can have good enough security to protect what I store there from "copying"?
<Personal Directory does not, in itself, have some magic bullet to "solve" the issues of people creating digital copies of music, etc. and sharing them ...>
No but it does begion to solve the issue of where I keep the keys to what I own and it can also enable me to "share" what I own.
<This whole area is a minefield, and will, IMHO, be impossible to solve until someone figures out how to jack the multimedia directly into our brains.>
Actually it comes down to a simple proposition. Do you believe anything that can be sent across the net can be owned? If not private property is in for a big big shock.
<Instead, just like every other time that people screamed like chicken-little that the sky was falling ... it won't fall.>
Who is screaming? Bertelsmann?
<And the masses will purchase content that is cheap enough and convenient enough.>
And that is precisely what I'm wondering whether anyone at Novell has the brains to figure out --- a way to make a personal directory make the purchasing of "content" (I would call it virtual property) cheap and convenient enough.
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Just an opinion ...
Scott C. Lemon |
