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Originally Posted by astra
Guys, I think Steve Jordan means that every edition of a book you buy from his site has some sort of mark that if you share the book over the Internet it can be tracked down to the initial owner the copy  (something like...when you buy lrf file, it has an embeded numner 017, next lrf has a number 018 etc., if you know where to look for the number when you open the file you can find it)
I agree with that type of DRM.
P.S. I could be totally wrong in assuming what type of DRM he is taling about  |
Survey says:
Blaat!
Oh, I'm sorry, but that was a good guess, and a type of DRM I wouldn't have a problem with, either. Thing is, though, the likely result in suing the one person who sent out your files probably wouldn't be worth the effort (unless I was the MPAA, and could convince a judge to award me the cost of a house in damages).
Everybody give up?
My DRM system, bought off-the-shelf, creates an identification code for the finished transaction... not the book itself... in such a way that the buyer can only download the book(s) they purchased, and no others, for a limited time, based on that code. You can't access the folder holding the e-books without that code, so someone who hasn't bought a book can't get into the folder and download anything.
Technically (for rlauzon),
this is still DRM... it is still a form of security. Specifically, it manages your right to download the e-book you bought, and no others. It controls nothing else about the use of your e-book. Once you have your book, it's out of my hands. It doesn't prevent a purchaser from sending copies of their book to their senior class, converting it to other formats, or putting their book on the darknet. It just keeps out non-purchasers, that's pretty much all. It's effective to that extent, and to a purchaser, it's non-invasive and virtually invisible.
So: Am I a naughty boy for fooling you all for all this time? Did my DRM go too far? Do any of you feel slighted, ripped off, or otherwise taken advantage of, by me? I'd like to think not, but clearly that would be for you to decide.