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Buyers clubs
Some very interesting options here.
How do e-readers handle password-protected PDFs? Can you enter a password on an Iliad for example? Will users consider this an "acceptable" hindrance?
Also, I like the "social DRM" part. I understand the problems with reputations being at stake, but perhaps this will make people more careful. After all, with a "non-personalized" PDF being shared, the publisher/author has the same problem, but the "culprit" can more easily shrug it off.
I can see setting up a server which, when a user buys the eBook, re-generates the PDF file with "Registered to John Doe (thank you for buying!)" on the title page. On the other hand, the problem with "tech" material is that there's usually a close group of people who buys the book at the same time, so I guess the normal "sharing situation" of "I liked this book, here's a copy for you to read" goes to "Let's all put in 50 cents and register the book to "University XYZ book club" and all use it for this semester".
Regards,
Sander
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