Thread: Harry Potter eBooks to be officially sold
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Old 06-24-2011, 04:56 AM   #60
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
You lose your eBook reader. Someone else finds it and claims that it's theirs. If the books on the reader are watermarked, it's evidence as to who the legal owner of them is. Like a serial number on a physical device.
Ah, I'm following you now. Sorry, it's 2AM over here... my brain is a tad sluggish at the moment.

But wait... wouldn't the registered serial number of the ereader itself be evidence of legal ownership? I still say that watermarks are intended to help identify people illegally distributing and pirating ebooks (although I'll acquiesce to the argument that a side benefit may be that it can prove ownership).
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