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$125,000 in fines for D&D pirates? Help me do the math...
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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4966783" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Y'know what? I don't get this one. In a free market economy, I have the absolute right to charge whatever the heck I want for whatever I'm selling. No matter what. If people will pay the price I am asking, it's the right price.</p><p></p><p>Price does not justify piracy. Nothing <em>justifies</em> piracy. It might not be theft or stealing, but that doesn't make it right either. The pirate is taking something that he or she has no right to. None. While it might not be depriving the original owner (and thus be called theft), it's most certainly not a legitimate action.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Umm, no. The first PDF cost a considerable amount of money to build. You had to pay the writers, artists, editors, layout guys, etc to get that first one. Just because there are no printing costs associated with a pdf, does not make copies of a pdf free. That's not how it works. You have to divide the total costs by the number of sales in order to recoup your expenses.</p><p></p><p>If you could sell that first pdf for the total cost to produce that book, then you would have a point. But, since you can't do that, then whatever price the company decides is the price. You might not like it, you might even hate it. But NOTHING gives you the right to copy it without permission.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4966783, member: 22779"] Y'know what? I don't get this one. In a free market economy, I have the absolute right to charge whatever the heck I want for whatever I'm selling. No matter what. If people will pay the price I am asking, it's the right price. Price does not justify piracy. Nothing [i]justifies[/i] piracy. It might not be theft or stealing, but that doesn't make it right either. The pirate is taking something that he or she has no right to. None. While it might not be depriving the original owner (and thus be called theft), it's most certainly not a legitimate action. Umm, no. The first PDF cost a considerable amount of money to build. You had to pay the writers, artists, editors, layout guys, etc to get that first one. Just because there are no printing costs associated with a pdf, does not make copies of a pdf free. That's not how it works. You have to divide the total costs by the number of sales in order to recoup your expenses. If you could sell that first pdf for the total cost to produce that book, then you would have a point. But, since you can't do that, then whatever price the company decides is the price. You might not like it, you might even hate it. But NOTHING gives you the right to copy it without permission. [/QUOTE]
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