[krisbolton]

I presume you're correct. They're trying to create a digital equivalent of the red cross emblem and encourage others to make it the norm. It sounds unbelievable that it would be effective, but so does a white paint job and a red sticker on a vehicle.

[dmvdoug]

Yes, but as I said in a separate comment elsewhere on this story, the sort of interesting question is, how do they extend the legal protection to this digital emblem? I smell a draft additional protocol in the pipeline.