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Old 09-28-2012, 01:49 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by TheSFReader View Post
Absolutely right, dedicated pirates WILL find ways to get rid of the watermarks. However, big publishing has shifted its target from dedicated pirates (who get to be hunted from their "commercial" side) to "casual sharers", your pop-mom-cousin or co-worker who just forwards their latest acquisition to the entire town.

And since they've given up hope to win the cryptography war with pirates, I think Watermarks has the same effects as crypto-based DRMs, but not as many defects.
But the casual sharers wouldn't be stopped at all by watermarking, so, again, what's the point?
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