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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Well, one. 'Social' DRM, where the purchaser's name is put into metadata in the ebook, along with useful stuff like date of purchase, and from whom the book was purchased. But with no other restrictions or encryption.
I would not object to such a system. In fact, I would find it very useful.
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Ditto, while I have a HARD view on DRMs in general, I don't consider such a "watermarking" as a kind of DRM : it doesn't restrict on any "legitimate" use of the ebook, while keeping "illigitimate" uses at least partially in check.
However, the kind of data that would be inserted into that watermarking, and the way the data is added into the ebook can become problematic : I wouldn't want my "Credit card number" in there
As well, adding the purchaser's info in the metadata only seems quite weak a protection since it can be updated a little bit too easily.
Perhaps the watermark info should be added more deeply on the ebook.