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  1. Wasgo

    An open letter to DriveThruRPG and the publishers using them

    Yup. But that's the catch. Laws are rather undefined until put into court, and generally speaking, their side has better lawyers than our side. Which is why when thinking about copyright law, try to guess how the brightest lawyers working for corporations will interpret it, and assume the actual...
  2. Wasgo

    An open letter to DriveThruRPG and the publishers using them

    I'm studying in Canada, but a Canadian degree allows you to practice in New York and California, which are the only two states I'm currently considering. If I intend to expand, it's a matter of additional courses. In terms, computer copyright law does cover electronic documents, it just doesn't...
  3. Wasgo

    Update: Malhavoc PDFs no longer available at RPGnow (merged)

    Just to be clear, violating the DMCA for any reason does not fall under fair use. Mentioning how you circumvented it (regardless of how simple) is not legal under the DMCA. The DMCA is one of the most restrictive, corporate laws to ever entwine its way into the copyright act. Learn it and loathe it.
  4. Wasgo

    An open letter to DriveThruRPG and the publishers using them

    Right, but Adobe prevents this by selecting your ebook folder. Moreover, I'm almost entirely sure section 109 does not apply to anything other than music or computer programs. In the hands of any competent lawyer, a pdf would not be classified as a computer program. From the definitions in the...
  5. Wasgo

    An open letter to DriveThruRPG and the publishers using them

    Not true. DMCA is not your friend. DVDs have similar restrictions that are also not disclosed. Electronic protection is a very special area of the law.
  6. Wasgo

    An open letter to DriveThruRPG and the publishers using them

    It's not very nice, I agree. And IANAL either, but I intend to be one, specifically in the area of IP law. So I read way too much of this stuff. Unfortunetely, I'm late for work, so I can't highlight the relevent areas, but here's the executive report on the DMCA, which although isn't law, is a...
  7. Wasgo

    An open letter to DriveThruRPG and the publishers using them

    There is no formal right of first sale with respect to digital works. As part of a followup to the introduction of the DMCA, a commision was formed to study its ramifications. One of those was the limitations placed on the right of first sale by the seller. The conclusion drawn was that the...
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    Will you be purchasing PDFs from DriveThruRPG?

    This would seem more true except for the fact that garbage gets published. Many romance novelists don't care much about the content and just try to publish as many as possible per year. The style and raw image is what sells it, not any real deep thought.
  9. Wasgo

    Update: Malhavoc PDFs no longer available at RPGnow (merged)

    If you mean using a virtual printer, that doesn't work perfectly. It tends to bloat the file massively, and removes the ocr'd text.
  10. Wasgo

    old WotC fan download

    Using the internet archive I pulled it up at: http://web.archive.org/web/20000818060140/www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDDownloads_prev.asp (assuming you meant the one from 2e)
  11. Wasgo

    Adapting Dungeon Mag. adventures to Dark Sun

    Well, my Dungeon related Dark Sun love is gone until Paizo publishes rules for weapon breakage, heat related armour penalties and the Bard prestige class.
  12. Wasgo

    Star Wars for $15!

    Hmm...and my stupid friends from up there already went home and came back. Damn.
  13. Wasgo

    Star Wars for $15!

    Which city and which mall?
  14. Wasgo

    Why don't you post reviews?

    Well, I just submitted a product to the database so I can review it, but before I take a stab at it, what exactly makes a good review? Any sort of advice for a first timer? I know it's fairly subjective, but I need to shape my writing style for something that's pretty new to me.
  15. Wasgo

    Goodman Games adventures - any good?

    Darn it, that's not a fair contest...there is no winning solution. But, I do think the only thing light hearted about the adventure, is the nostalgia factor. For some gamers this could also them playing the adventure less seriously, just like when they were starting out. Plus the dolls. I can't...
  16. Wasgo

    Why don't you post reviews?

    I'd have to say this thread has inspired me. Tomorrow I think I'll try to review a few of the products I use.
  17. Wasgo

    3 Books or Set?

    On Amazon.ca, you save 1 penny for buying the set.
  18. Wasgo

    Is the Unearthed Arcana SRD online?

    First of all this is flaming. No, I'm saying this is what I'm going to do. As I've already said, other people can set their own morals where they choose. It's not a matter of right morality versus wrong morality. It's a case of what I believe is fair is different than you. Glad you can...
  19. Wasgo

    Looking for the False World setting!

    It really doesn't appear to be up anymore.
  20. Wasgo

    Looking for the False World setting!

    Well, mainly due to curiousity, I pulled up this site on google: http://sirgiuszland.rpg.waw.pl/html/przygody.htm which has the adventures as AGF1 to 4. Three of the maps are available on the interet archive (www.archive.org). In terms of the source book and the other map, I'm not sure.
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