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Originally Posted by meeera
I'm not 100% against watermarking, but at the same time it's not completely innocuous. Someone could be wrongfully accused/convicted of copyright violation if someone else copied their books without consent.
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But how do you balance that against the deterrent effect that watermarking undoubtedly has in preventing people from giving copies of their books to other people? I think personally that the balance has to be in favour of watermarking: it imposes no limits on what you can legally do with your books, and certainly acts as a deterrent to giving copies of your books to other people.
I would say that it's your responsibility to take reasonable precautions against anyone copying your books without consent. Eg, if you have a computer which is physically accessible to other people, make sure that you use a password to protect it.