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    copies that end up on the Internet can be traced back to the people who bought and allegedly pirated them

For prosecution purposes I take it. I had the same idea ten years ago, but figured there's no way to know who actually "leaked" the text anyway. So this strikes me as entirely pointless, as with most forms of copyright enforcement.