6. The method of claim 5 wherein: a participant list includes participant identifiers selected by a user operating under the first communication identity, the participant list reflects on-line presence of users operating under communication identities of participant identifiers listed thereon, the participant list includes an indication of the second communication identity, and wherein enabling the second communication identity to authorize communication identities within the second group of multiple communication identities to access the digital item via the Internet further comprises: receiving, from the first communication identity, a user indication of the second communication identity that is selected form the participant identifiers listed on the participant list.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein: a participant list includes participant identifiers selected by a user operating under the first communication identity, the participant list reflects on-line presence of users operating under communication identities of participant identifiers listed thereon, the participant list includes an indication of the second communication identity, and wherein enabling the second communication identity to authorize communication identities within the second group of multiple communication identities to access the digital item via the Internet further comprises: receiving, from the first communication identity, a user indication of the second communication identity that is selected form the participant identifiers listed on the participant list. 7. The method of claim 6 wherein: the participant list includes categories of participant identifiers such that each participant identifier is associated with one or more categories, and the method further comprising receiving an access indication that the second communication identity is to be permitted access to the digital item through an indication of a category of participant identifiers to whom access to the digital item is to be permitted, which category includes the second communication identity.