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Originally Posted by tompe
They just have to download illegally available versions and compare to your version so see were you got it from.
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Target could also post a security guard on every aisle and eliminate shoplifting altogether but I doubt it would be cost effective.
They could maintain a huge database of books and check all my content against it but they would have to build and maintain such a system in addition to paying for the bandwidth to grab as many samples of my stuff as they could while I was connected. Once they detected suspicious content, they'd have to determine if it was illegal or not. If it was, then each publisher could sue me for each individual book. That book costs a heck of a lot less than getting the lawyer to write a single letter. They could boot me from the system for breaking their ToS but then I wouldn't buy any more books. I'm just not seeing any upside to Amazon for a system like this. There's a reason the music industry has targeted uploaders. They're the only ones for which you can make a real argument in civil court for them costing you significant money.