Thread: Do decrypted ePubs watermarked?
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Old 02-26-2011, 12:52 PM   #1
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Do decrypted ePubs watermarked?
I buy books and remove the DRM. I store them all in Calibre and sync to my wife's nook and to my Kindle (hence why I remove the DRM. Need to convert to mobi).

I don't give these files out anywhere, but since the DRM has been removed, there is potential for someone to "borrow" them. Hacker gets into my system or my Dropbox. Son' friend comes over with a thumb drive while I am at work, etc.

If this were to happen, something may be out there with MY name on it that I didn't put out there, and because it's watermarked in some way, I don't think legally I'd have a lot of recourse against a publisher's lawyers.

So, I am curious, is there anything on these ePubs form B&N that can link back to me?

I do understand that chances are some teenager is going to borrow music before he borrows a book, but the potential is there. People have given me m4a files that clearly still have the purchaser's metadata in them, so I know it can happen.
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