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Originally Posted by Catlady
Another problem is that the people who actually upload the material to file-sharing sites get off scot-free, especially when they're a couple of steps removed from the original owner. How can they be traced? They really can't; all the onus is on the person who dutifully bought and paid for the book in the first place. The actual pirates don't even need to bother stripping the metadata since it doesn't lead to them.
And the owner has no defense whatsoever.
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Sure the owner has a defence. It is easy to show that your computer has been hacked, if you haven't handed the file to anyone else. Such hacking always leaves a trace. If you did, well then the investigation continues down the line until they get to the uploader.