For example, when readers install Koobe, they must register the software before they can read any of Yuan-Liou's electronic texts. Registration demonstrates that they have a legal right to read the text. Members of Yuan-Liou's YLib website who wish to purchase, view, download, and print texts from online must go through the same process, alleviating rights holders 'concerns about rampant pirating of electronic texts.
就像在電腦上安裝微軟公司的視窗軟體作業系統，打開遠流電子書前，讀者必須經過一道認證程序，表示有合法使用權；而「遠流博識網」的會員若想在網上購買、觀看，甚至下載、列印，透過這套機制的保護也能做到，不必擔心電子書檔案會因此「流」出去。