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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Then why is no one using this method to track the pirates? Too much bother? We all know piracy is pretty widespread and I haven't heard of anyone being caught that way.
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Because it's really hard to do on ebooks that it can't easily be defeated. It's done to video, though it has zero impact on industrial pirates.
Indeed traditionally maps and dictionaries on paper were reputed to have deliberate errors to highlight piracy. Most piracy then was done by other publishers from 19th C till 20th C., Dickens to Tolkien. Now piracy is on an industrial scale by gangs in USA, Russia and Asia. Individuals are not the major pirates today and never were.