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These watermarks only appear a few times in places like beside the page number. You'll have to provide a darn good explanation to convince me it makes the book
by alpaca128 8y ago
These watermarks only appear a few times in places like beside the page number. You'll have to provide a darn good explanation to convince me it makes the book harder to read.
And yes, it's still trivially copyable, but that makes it better in any way than DRM: it can be traced back to the original owner but doesn't make it unnecessarily hard to read it on multiple devices.
- kgwxd 8y agoTraced back for what purpose? What's the punishment? Any answer, other than "none", would be insane.
- johannes1234321 8y agoIf your watermarked version appears online it is an indication that you might have uploaded (or not properly protected) it. This might not be enough to prove this in a court, but enough for the publisher's lawyers to annoy you. But hardly any uploader would keep watermarks in, which makes them more of a way for faithful users to not give the book I.e. to friends since there is a visible reminder about being your personal copy.
- jammygit 8y agoIts still a legal environment where it is illegal to share or transfer ownership of books
- feanaro 8y agoAn uploader can easily edit the watermark out of the book, if he is so inclined, and he probably is. It only annoys those who were not bent on uploading it in the first place. Also, I specifically would not abide to any kind of law saying I cannot give a book I bought to a friend.
- johannes1234321 8y agoMany readers can't (they could learn it though) enough however indeed can. That's why, from publisher's view, the second point is so important: Remind readers all the time that "it" (without going into details) is illegal so they continue buying.
- wolco 8y agoMight be the next revenge vector. Share an ebook with faked watermarks.