Chris Webb's Publishing Blog » social drm http://ckwebb.com Tue, 05 Apr 2011 03:06:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Social DRM: How Much is Too Much Information? http://ckwebb.com/technology-and-internet/social-drm-how-much-is-too-much-information/ http://ckwebb.com/technology-and-internet/social-drm-how-much-is-too-much-information/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:01:05 +0000 Chris http://ckwebb.com/?p=283 I have been thinking about the concept of Social DRM for e-books a bit more lately. It’s a model I believe can work, but I wonder how much is too much information to embed. I think a watermark containing something like “This e-book prepared especially for John Doe (jdoe@jdoe.com)” is perfectly acceptable.

But, does that really put enough teeth into it? I mean if you are not verifying email addresses, John Doe could easily put in something bogus and untrackable. What if you put something really identifiable into the watermark – like the credit card number used to purchase the book?

If you are not sharing it then no harm no foul, right? But does that cross a line in terms of trust?

What do you think? How much information is too much for a social DRM watermark?

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