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Just as simply done, but not even close to as casually or widely, which you said was the problem that made DRM necessary.
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Er, why not as casually or widely, if the initial purchaser doesn't mind her info being in the metadata? If she is sending the copy of ebook out to her Facebook friends or AIM buddy list, she may not have a problem with that.
Your method does not prevent that- it is only a less effective form of DRM. I haven't moved any goalposts at all- I've simply pointed out (as did Elfmark) the relative ineffectiveness of your method.
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You're still trying to use copyright to defend DRM that goes far beyond that and puts needless burden on customers.
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DRM is a tool to protect copyright. You break DRM precisely because you want to violate the authors copyright by making unauthorized copies and forwarding them to other people, for what you -not the author-consider good and sufficient reasons. Tap dance all you like, accuse me of what you will, but violating the author's copyright is what you are doing.
I'll put it plain. The publishers and booksellers have given you a way-in fact, more than one way-of sharing your ebooks within the family. That wasn't good enough or convenient enough for you , so you decided to use your knowledge to break DRM and violate the author's copyright. I'm sure your BFFs on this forum support you on this. That's them. I'm not going to follow suit. Sorry.