This obviously isn't Encryption (Score 1)

This obviously isn't an attempt by IBM to try an encrypt the data. I'm not even all that certain of a reason they would want to... I mean, its not like they're getting X amount of money for each time the results are checked. If they were, they would be stupid to not determine the total amount based on the number of times the XML files were accessed... this would allow for them to profit not only from users using their scoreboards, but people using others' as well. Its a simple way for IBM to maximize profit.