On Nov 17, 2006, at 9:11 PM, Hugh Perkins wrote: > You are right that to take an object and to match it to every other > object in a database of millions, allowing for deliberate tweaking > and arbitrary transformations, is probably NP-hard or similar. > > One could argue that it could be sufficient to be able to > automatically compare nominated object A with nominated object B, > ie vendor V says copier C has made an unauthorized copy B of object > A. However, what if vendor V is actually another copier??? So, > one would need facilities for counter-claims etc, which gets really > complicated.
True -- but this begins to sound more like a patent-type scheme rather than a technological problem. (I don't really see the value of having a computer do the comparison rather than a person -- if you're worried about frivolous complaints, make there be a mandatory fee -- doesn't have to be very large -- that is refundable if the complaint is warranted.) .. And that's not a bad idea. Ben _______________________________________________ Libsecondlife-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/libsecondlife-dev
