In essence, when you purchase a copy of the book, it has the full and complete book. When you share the book with anyone else, the encryption will randomly change the text in a book. It will do this every time a new copy of the book is distributed. This will result in thousands of different versions of the book, with text being augmented on a wide scale. Publishers have tools that allow them to grab the pirated copy and trace it back to the original purchaser. This is designed to stop piracy and make people accountable and ditching without the bulky aspect of 95% of today’s DRM.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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In essence, when you purchase a copy of the book, it has the full and complete book. When you share the book with anyone else, the encryption will randomly change the text in a book. It will do this every time a new copy of the book is distributed. This will result in thousands of different versions of the book, with text being augmented on a wide scale. Publishers have tools that allow them to grab the pirated copy and trace it back to the original purchaser. This is designed to stop piracy and make people accountable and ditching without the bulky aspect of 95% of today’s DRM.
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