Thread: Kindle or EPUB?
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Old 10-16-2010, 05:33 AM   #115
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Originally Posted by bill_mchale View Post
To protect yourself. Lets say for example you store all your books on your laptop. Your laptop is then stolen and the person who steals it decides to upload all your ebooks to the torrents. Since said person has no incentive to strip the watermark, the copyright holders could decide you were responsible and sue you for violating copyright and then you would have to prove you didn't do it... not exactly an easy thing to do.

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Actually, a simple police report (laptop stolen) would put you in the clear. And if the thief was dumb enough to upload the books with the watermarks intact it might even be possible to trace him through his IP address and recover your laptop. Tracing him would be even easier if he gives the files to friends and/or relatives.
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