Thread: There's a better way to beat the ebook pirates
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Old 04-27-2011, 07:17 AM   #297
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Originally Posted by stonetools View Post
Authors and publishers are interested in a DRM scheme that prevents casual sharers from easily violating an author's copyright: your scheme would do nothing to prevent this. Someone who got their free copy of an ebook forwarded from your relative would just look at the info and say " Wow, Piper originally bought this. Good to know" and just continue reading their free book. .
Do authors and publishers really care about that type of sharing? Real books have been shared like that for hundreds of years without anyone having a fit about it.
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