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Originally Posted by markpearl
Nefarious as those nasty pirates are, stealing CCs in order to upload Harry Potter books is a bit absurd, no? Did you consider the use of prepaid charge cards? or PayPal? Or someone involved in the commerce of the ebooks? Give these chaps some credit (pardon le pun  , even if we do disapprove of their practice. |
Stolen credit cards are quite often used to purchase software, games and other digital products which are then uploaded along with the license key to file sharing sites (or cracked if activation is required). Why not ebooks?
I'm not saying that's what happened nor that there aren't easier/more likely ways, but that wasn't the original point I was trying to make with my post. It was that someone doesn't have to even attempt to remove watermarks and be certain they've got them all before uploading to a file sharing site if the watermark doesn't identify them in the first place.
PS it was a good pun
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Actually, I read in the Financial Times that Rowling was originally reluctant to release the books in digital format, fearing...correctly...they would be pirated. Which is why all purchases have to go through her Pottermore site, ensuring control via watermarking...and higher profits. The rich just keep getting richer...as they say.
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Yes, it's been stated on here many times that piracy was a concern, followed by people pointing out that the ebooks are already been pirated online. So by withholding an official release of the ebooks, she's not only losing out to piracy (which she will anyway) but also missing out on sales to customers who do want to legally buy the books.
Putting everything through the pottermore site will not make a single bit of difference about whether it's pirated or not, neither will the use of watermarks. It could be totally DRM free, watermarked or adobe/amazon infested, it would be pirated all the same.
Of all the reasons for not releasing ebooks, piracy imho is the most silly one for her to consider.