The intention is not to prevent someone who's intent on distributing the books widely. That simply can't be done. DRM does not work to prevent this. And since there's no DRM to break, I don't see how bragging rights come into it.
The idea is just to remind the normal non-technical user that the book was bought by a particular person, and isn't something that should be freely passed around.
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
...and some others believe that it would do absolutely nothing to deter someone who wants a copy of an e-book. It would also serve as bragging rights for the person who wanted to release the e-book, much like "tagging" and other forms of vandalism. And remember, other people's names and accounts can be used, and e-mail addresses can be cancelled.
About the only way something like this might be a deterrent would be if it embedded permanent ID info into the book... but who's going to buy a book if you have to embed your social security number into it?
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