Comments on: Digital movies in the cloud? http://wesleytech.com/digital-movies-in-the-cloud/679/ Optical storage and technology Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:24:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Steven Kippel http://wesleytech.com/digital-movies-in-the-cloud/679/#comment-30442 Steven Kippel Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:27:29 +0000 http://wesleytech.com/digital-movies-in-the-cloud/679/#comment-30442 I agree that I wouldn't want sensitive data on a remote server. Of course I think a lot of people who complain about that don't really have sensitive information anyway, they just don't like people poking through what they do have. The only thing I have that might need to be secure is my finances, taxes and that sort of thing. That's in a file cabinet. But with an owned video file, you wouldn't need to have that saved on a server somewhere duplicating data, the provider can simply flag your user as an owner of that data for use on their server. But in that case, I'd prefer a subscription based system. I agree that I wouldn’t want sensitive data on a remote server. Of course I think a lot of people who complain about that don’t really have sensitive information anyway, they just don’t like people poking through what they do have.

The only thing I have that might need to be secure is my finances, taxes and that sort of thing. That’s in a file cabinet.

But with an owned video file, you wouldn’t need to have that saved on a server somewhere duplicating data, the provider can simply flag your user as an owner of that data for use on their server.

But in that case, I’d prefer a subscription based system.

]]> By: Wesley Novack http://wesleytech.com/digital-movies-in-the-cloud/679/#comment-30441 Wesley Novack Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:03:55 +0000 http://wesleytech.com/digital-movies-in-the-cloud/679/#comment-30441 Even if the necessary technology and bandwidth was available for owning virtual content in cloud storage, I would still prefer to own a physical product. The only thing that would convince me otherwise would be a significantly lower price on "virtual" owned cloud content. Content stored online, whether owned or not has many limitations and possible issues. Local network issues at your home, network issues at the providers end, storage issues, etc, etc, etc... Andy Marken also just wrote up a piece on cloud storage. Check it out here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfwm73mp_171cjppgrdm Even if the necessary technology and bandwidth was available for owning virtual content in cloud storage, I would still prefer to own a physical product. The only thing that would convince me otherwise would be a significantly lower price on “virtual” owned cloud content.

Content stored online, whether owned or not has many limitations and possible issues. Local network issues at your home, network issues at the providers end, storage issues, etc, etc, etc…

Andy Marken also just wrote up a piece on cloud storage. Check it out here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfwm73mp_171cjppgrdm

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