[cap-talk] Bellovin paper that cites Hayek to justify enabling easy delegation

[Bill Frantz]

alan.karp at hp.com (Karp, Alan H) on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 wrote:

>Laissez-faire file sharing: Access control designed for individuals at the endpoints
>
>http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/nspw-use.pdf 

They say:

    While the freedom to restrict access or further delegation 
    may initially seem counter to a laissez-faire philosophy, such 
    restrictions are the foundation of intellectual property law 
    designed to spur innovation. 
    
    Freedom of delegation is one of the most attractive proper- 
    ties of email attachments, as files can be shared with anyone 
    (or any group) with an email address.
    
I notice they don't mention that email attachments have no effective
controls on further delegation. :-)

Cheers - Bill

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