Copyright,
with regard to e-books, is a legal means of protecting them from being freely
redistributed or unfairly used.
In the
days of the Berne Convention, when copyright was initially introduced, books
were printed, material products.
Though
today, books take on a whole new life with electronic formats, readers, and
platforms, the copyright laws that protect a writer’s work from being
stolen, shared, and re-sold still apply to e-books.
Nonetheless,
with the rise of digital piracy, e-book copyright law has been notoriously
difficult to implement in a way that deters people from unfair use of
copyrighted material. This is especially the case for self-publishing authors,
who neither have the funds or resources to pursue legal cases.
If you
want to protect your e-books, you need security that is specific to their
“digital” nature.
Digital
rights management solutions (DRM) are the industry-standard tools to use if you
want to implement e-book protection.
There are
3 main types of protection solutions that can be used to secure your e-books
and deter piracy. They include:
Expiring
Download Links
Expiring
download links allow you to send your e-books for download by customers, with
the link expiring after a certain number of uses, or a specified time period.
Watermarking
Watermark
technology protects your e-books by imprinting visible or invisible watermarks
containing your customer’s personal information on their pages.
Adobe DRM
Encryption
This is
the industry-standard solution used by major publishers. It enables you to set
different permissions for copying, printing, and accessing your e-books. Adobe
DRM encryption is the most secure way to protect your e-books.
I
recently wrote a blog post for the EditionGuard blog, EditionLink vs
EditionMark vs Adobe DRM: Choosing The Right eBook Fulfillment Option, which
explains in more detail how to select the right type of DRM protection for your
e-books. Check it out to see which one is right for you.
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