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markiehill · 01-03-2007, 06:04 PM

You say that the content will be encrypted for the user, what with the users PGP key or something is that your idea ? What happens if user A emails the content to user B, is it wrapped in some kind of envelope that sends a request to the server in your theory ?

Also in terms of a content tax, to make it fair you would have to allow people to opt out of the content tax, not everybody consumes content. Some people would react strongly to being charged for a content they do not consume.

I agree with your comment on the extension of copyright, i thought it was 100 years here in the UK i could be wrong.

I have read Bruce Schneier's books over the years, yet Sky is a secure smart card based system which despite attacks with electron microscopes and other technolgies has not been cracked for the past five years... I agree it will one day but the amount of money and resources required is probably way beyond the gain.

I think what i have been trying to get across is that i am in favour of a fair system, fair to both content creator and content consumer and i don't believe that such a thing exists at present.

01-03-2007, 06:04 PM	#38
markiehill Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 192 Join Date: Jul 2006	You say that the content will be encrypted for the user, what with the users PGP key or something is that your idea ? What happens if user A emails the content to user B, is it wrapped in some kind of envelope that sends a request to the server in your theory ? Also in terms of a content tax, to make it fair you would have to allow people to opt out of the content tax, not everybody consumes content. Some people would react strongly to being charged for a content they do not consume. I agree with your comment on the extension of copyright, i thought it was 100 years here in the UK i could be wrong. I have read Bruce Schneier's books over the years, yet Sky is a secure smart card based system which despite attacks with electron microscopes and other technolgies has not been cracked for the past five years... I agree it will one day but the amount of money and resources required is probably way beyond the gain. I think what i have been trying to get across is that i am in favour of a fair system, fair to both content creator and content consumer and i don't believe that such a thing exists at present.