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 Message 1695 
 Wayne Dernoncourt to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated 
 Re: Electronic versions of B5 books 
 15 Jul 12 19:41:50 
 
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:38:18 -0400, Nicole Massey wrote
(in article ):


>> After doing some more thinking about this stuff what about embedding
>> the buyers name, email, address, etc. in each copy (multiple times).  
>> Each person
>> would be able to "buy" one copy/license for each copy of the volume.  I
>> typically buy two copies of each volume, I don't know why, my wife is 
>> pretty
>> sure I'm crazy but that is a different issue.  But since I buy two 
>> copies
>> and deliver to the same address, I would be eligible to get 1 electronic
>> version for all of my electronic gadgets - format's not withstanding.  I
>> don't know if PDF, some sort of Amazon/Apple format would be more 
>> appropriate
>> since the more proprietary formats would lend themselves to additional
>> features but also obsolescence.
> 
> A common tactic in RPG books is to watermark the buyer's name on each 
> page of the pdf. 

How effective is this tactic?  I don't think that DRM is actually very 
effective in practice, but I do respect every author the right to
protect their property.
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