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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
But that's exactly what I mean! The official Amazon mechanism starts with knowing the email address of the person you want to lend the book to. Once you've built a giant database of; "I Have/I Want, You Have/You want... and here's my email address", there's nothing stopping those people from forgetting about Amazon mechanisms completely and emailing each other books that have had the drm stripped from them -- like one big happy pirate mailing-list. With Lendle keeping track of who wants what.
Surely I'm not the only one that recognizes this?  |
Well, it wasn't that easy to view any member's email address. To prevent email harvesting, you had to commit to lend one of your books before being able to contact anyone, and you'd be punished if you didn't follow through with the Amazon process.
I'd say that other book social networks (such as Amazon's own Shelfari) make a lot easier for ebook pirates to get in touch.