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anamardoll · 06-23-2011, 11:26 AM

To cope with the possibility of so-called 'piracy' the ebooks will feature a digital watermark that will identify who purchased the book. This will allow authorities to track down who shared an ebook with the rest of the world, and those users could be faced with lawsuits for copyright infringement.

Wild Prediction Time. I predict that the first person to be prosecuted under this will turn out to have been someone whose computer/account was hacked. Looking forward to seeing a nice granny with no firewalls and a password of 12345 thrown to the lions.

*sigh* When will they learn that watermarks can be removed, books can be bought/stolen under fake accounts, and that pirates are not automatically stupid?

06-23-2011, 11:26 AM	#198
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	To cope with the possibility of so-called 'piracy' the ebooks will feature a digital watermark that will identify who purchased the book. This will allow authorities to track down who shared an ebook with the rest of the world, and those users could be faced with lawsuits for copyright infringement. Wild Prediction Time. I predict that the first person to be prosecuted under this will turn out to have been someone whose computer/account was hacked. Looking forward to seeing a nice granny with no firewalls and a password of 12345 thrown to the lions. sigh When will they learn that watermarks can be removed, books can be bought/stolen under fake accounts, and that pirates are not automatically stupid?