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Originally Posted by 6charlong
I have never loaned my paper books because I never seemed to get them back, and I don't loan my ebooks either since I have no way to fulfill my responsibility if I did. Until someone figures out how to manage the issue of first purchase with regard to eBooks watermarks seem to me to be the best answer to the problem I've seen yet.
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If you've never loaned your books how do you know whether you'd get them back or not? I'll assume you mean that you no longer loan your books.
I tend to agree with you about watermarks. They seem to me no worse than the stamping of a serial number inside the cover of a pbook, a practice that I've seen done (although only in a school). Yes, it's an invasion of privacy-but a very minor one considering all the other invasions that take place. My greater objection is how useless it is. I suppose it's like my kids-I'd prefer they not lie to me but if they're going to do it then my second choice is that they make it believable. At least that indicates intelligence even if it doesn't indicate ethics.