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Originally Posted by perversity
I understand that the idea I proposed is far from flawless. I do beleive watermarking would hinder piracy, in much the same way as a locked door keeps a person honest. If a person really wants in, of course he could get in and no amount of security will keep a persistant theif out.
I agree that the tracking system I imagined would be somewhat communitistic and hard to impossible to implement, but as a content creator I dread the idea of totally DRM-free files; whether they be books, music or movies.
Something that most people tend to forget is that they don't actually OWN any of the digital content they use unless they CREATED it. You only own a lisence to use the product as the owner(s) sees fit.
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As with most who promote selling licenses rather than copies, you overlook the fact that licenses themselves are property. Licenses carry both rights & obligations-and those rights/obligations work in both directions. Your right is the buyer's obligation-and the buyer's right is your obligation. An attempt to prevent the buyer from transferring property that (s)he owns (the license-not necessarily the copy) will fail a court challenge in most jurisdictions. Your obligation, therefore, is to continue to allow the current owner of the license, whoever that might be, to continue using the copy for which the license was issued. The buyer's obligation (both original & subsequent buyers) is to only use the copy in ways allowed by the license.