RE: Re: PDF Security

Another option is adding a watermark to the book if piracy concerns you so
much. Something like, “This book was originally sold to Joe Smith” or “From
the digital library of Susie Jones.” It will show up on every page of the
document.

 

At the very least, you can track who may have been responsible for file
sharing, if it occurs.

 

And, as Emily said, most file sharing sites will usually cooperate with a
cease and desist letter.

 

Believe it or not, most people are honest enough to understand getting
something  you haven’t paid for is stealing and won’t do it.

 

However, for the small percentage that don’t have such moral scruples,
digital watermarking will at least help you track them down without having
to resort to more onerous forms of DRM.

 

Aaron J. Walker

Writer / Illustrator

"Good Morning, Friend Moon"

Publisher

http://www.walkbroadpublishing.com

From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Emily
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 12:34 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [ebook-community] Re: PDF Security

 

--- In [email protected]
<mailto:ebook-community%40yahoogroups.com> , "townleykevyn" 
<townleykevyn@...> wrote:
>
> In creating my ebook in Adobe PDF format can I secure it so that the 
> file can not be copied and pasted? Also can I prohibit the emailing 
of 
> the document?
...
> 
> Whilst I am willing to accept the printing piracy of the ebook, I see 
> that as a marginal 'cost'. It is the electronic copying/distribution 
> that remains a concern.

Ebooks are typically pirated by copying the entire file and 
distributing it. And there is not much you can do to stop an ebook 
from acting like a file at this level, being duplicatible, emailable 
etc.

I would suggest not being to heavy with the DRM. As a reader and 
reviewer I want to have ebooks where the text can be manipulated so I 
can, for example, change the font, do a word count, search for phrases, 
and cut out a short excerpt to put it in my review. 

Files with passwords and disabled functions general annoy me as a 
customer. As an author I just assert my copyright whenever trouble 
comes up. Most filesharing sites respond to a cease and desist email.

 

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