On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Greg Sonnenfeld <[email protected]> wrote: > I've found one of the simplest ways to prevent opportunistic piracy of > books is to stick the buyers name on every page of the PDF ( licensed > to: John Smith ) :P It discourage people from "lending" the pdf out > without being heavy handed. > > If someone has tools to edit the name out of the PDF, they already > have tools to get past your DRM.
LOL. Yes, tools, like a printer, scissors, a copy machine, and a grudge (or an additction). I can't find a source, but have heard, anecdotally, that the first UK edition of Harry Potter, released in UK in June 1997 and not scheduled for US release until Sept 1998, was *manually retyped* by fans, so that US readers who heard about it could get it. I'm sure this has happened before then, too. I wonder if the retypers corrected any typesetting or other editorial errors they found, or if they left it as-was? ~~James ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
