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This is why I like places like Humble Bundle, you literally get a download link with PDFs (as well as other formats). It encourages piracy of course, but then a
by bArray 6y ago
This is why I like places like Humble Bundle, you literally get a download link with PDFs (as well as other formats). It encourages piracy of course, but then again the moment somebody else could view your content on a device you don't control - it was already copy-able.
If the ebook publishers were motivated to, they would encode unique properties into the text of each download that uniquely identifies the transaction. Then if you find copies online you know who to chase.
The point is, give me my copy of the file, I don't want to be locked into your system.
- fakedang 6y agoThis actually sounds like a neat idea from a theoretical perspective, but isn't it how cracks work, and how crack-generators evade that?
- emteycz 6y agoThey meant for identification of leaker. But IMHO it's useless. Anybody could claim they had their laptop stolen.
- hdjdbtbgwjsn 6y agoOnly if they have filed a police report...
- emteycz 6y agoOkay, not stolen, but attacked with malware.
- dragonsngoblins 6y agoAlso you could just have two different accounts, buy the file, compare the two files and identify any differences, overwrite the differences with blanks/gibberish
- emteycz 6y agoOr just use OCR.