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Originally Posted by avantman42
I have some PDFs that do something similar. Some of the PDFs I've bought from Drive Thru RPG have my name and order number on the bottom of every page.
I've seen it referred to as "social DRM", and it's the one form of DRM (if it can be called a form of DRM) that I've ever seen that I have absolutely no objection to whatsoever. It has no impact on my ability to use the file that I have bought, but it does make it easier for the publisher to find out where illegal copies originated from, allowing them to take whatever action they feel appropriate. |
That would seem the most reasonable way, as I have suggested previously. But they should also have some marks invisible to the user. The visible marks to let people know that they are watermarked, the invisible ones to make removal more difficult. Files can be shared -- but the user must make sure he hands them to responsible friends only.