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Imo it's just not worth it, if somebody can read it he can make a copy of it and redistribute it "illegally". Only thing you'll accomplish is pissing of the ones who retrieve it legally and the "harder" (harder for the average Joe) you make it the more annoying it'll be.

Only reliable "secure" way of publishing an ebook is not publishing it as an ebook at all.

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We realize there'd no way to eliminate piracy altogether.

We're just looking for the simplest way to make casual piracy tricky enough to discourage anyone who might want to pay for it. And of course a way that doesn't piss off paying users.

I'm not too concerned about piracy by people who would never have paid in the first place.

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