Each rebrander for Activ E-Book Compiler is unique to a particular ebook. Infact, unique to a particular version of a particular ebook
(the version that was compiled at the same time)Thus my rebrander will only work against my ebook. Your rebrander will only work against your ebook, etc.
There isn't any special protection to stop the rebrander EXE file being passed on to somebody else - although you could customize the start up message in the rebrander (it's on Edit Output) to say "this rebrander is only legally available from site XYZ please email bigal@whatever.com if you find an illegal copy of this program in another site"
So in summary, as far as Activ E-Book Compiler is concerned, a person can't just use any rebrander against any ebook. It has to be the right one.
I believe in some other e-book compiler programs, this doesn't apply, and any old rebrander will work against any book (ouch!)