abookreader:
Your bottom line:
"That would be an awful lot of hired manpower snooping. "
Actually, it would only take a computer matching phrases from your book and, frankly, if Shazam can match sound bytes, matching actual text would probably be easier. Is that roll of tin foil large enough for you to send me a few inches?
But I agree that I can definitely do without the social networking/sharing/whatever stuff that is being pushed out. I don't do facebook and every friend keeps asking me to join. Each new invite from facebook lists all of the people who have already asked me to join.