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<blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 3295011" data-attributes="member: 10177"><p>I hate DRM, and will never buy pdf's with anything like it put on it.</p><p></p><p>Watermarking is a non-issue for me. I am fine with it and hardly notice it when I read the pdf or print it out.</p><p></p><p>I am also the type who puts their name in every book they buy, in several places.</p><p></p><p>So who does it keep from stealing it? Other people. Either your fellow gamer, or the one who stole your laptop and the watermarked pdf's on the HD helped the police find you as the owner.</p><p></p><p>Other than that, why be upset with watermark's? The company you buy and download it from already knows who you are. They will record your purchase, watermark or not. So unless you lie about who you are to begin with, Watermark's clearly show who the rightful owner is. Period.</p><p></p><p>It isn't an embedded locator beacon or tracking signal, it doesn't allow your CC data to be stolen, it just puts who you are, the date you bought it, and who you bought it from on each page.</p><p></p><p>So to me I am baffled why anyone even has a problem with it. The reasons given here just smack of "I just want to have a problem with it".</p><p></p><p>I get having HUGE issues with DRM, but watermarking is just a mark on each page. No big deal.</p><p></p><p>If all it does is make pdf publishers feel like they are somehow being protected, even if it really doesn't, why should we the consumer care? Big Brother already knows who you are, where you live, and where you work, etc....</p><p></p><p>So what if a pdf vendor knows too?</p><p></p><p>We should be worrying about much more important things than watermarked pdf's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Treebore, post: 3295011, member: 10177"] I hate DRM, and will never buy pdf's with anything like it put on it. Watermarking is a non-issue for me. I am fine with it and hardly notice it when I read the pdf or print it out. I am also the type who puts their name in every book they buy, in several places. So who does it keep from stealing it? Other people. Either your fellow gamer, or the one who stole your laptop and the watermarked pdf's on the HD helped the police find you as the owner. Other than that, why be upset with watermark's? The company you buy and download it from already knows who you are. They will record your purchase, watermark or not. So unless you lie about who you are to begin with, Watermark's clearly show who the rightful owner is. Period. It isn't an embedded locator beacon or tracking signal, it doesn't allow your CC data to be stolen, it just puts who you are, the date you bought it, and who you bought it from on each page. So to me I am baffled why anyone even has a problem with it. The reasons given here just smack of "I just want to have a problem with it". I get having HUGE issues with DRM, but watermarking is just a mark on each page. No big deal. If all it does is make pdf publishers feel like they are somehow being protected, even if it really doesn't, why should we the consumer care? Big Brother already knows who you are, where you live, and where you work, etc.... So what if a pdf vendor knows too? We should be worrying about much more important things than watermarked pdf's. [/QUOTE]
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