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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
But the idea about watermarking is, that you can actually lend a copy to a friend/family member. But you'll always be responsible what happens to that copy as it can be traced back to you. And I'm fine with that, personally. But saying that a watermark is just like any other serial number on an appliance is not correct...
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It depends on how the watermark is done. If it is a unique number for every ebook sold, and no other info, how would it be different than a serial number? I'd see that is most likely what will happen, since Sony will probably sell readers preloaded with the books. They couldn't embed your CC info, name, etc on something preloaded, and it would be silly to have multiple sets of marks.
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Originally Posted by ilovejedd
Well, we don't even know what form the watermark will take. They could very well generate and embed individual "serial numbers" for each ebook tied to their database containing your name and address.
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As I said above, I see that is most likely what will happen.
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Originally Posted by Phogg
Absolutely the VIN on your car is tied to your name through the registration and anyone who runs an insurance history of the car will see when you owned it long after you sold it.
If you fill out the waranty paperwork on your appliances or what have you, those create a paper trail.
And we havent even touched what happens if you purchase prescribed medications.
Compared to other things already in your life, a watermark is pretty innocuous.
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I personally have no problem with something like that. we do it enough as is.