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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PatrickLawinger" data-source="post: 4258011" data-attributes="member: 2735">I am pretty sure they could track it, the question is, where/when did the copies get stolen? Sure, it could have been a disgruntled employee at the printers, or maybe someone got hacked, or maybe someone walked away from their computer for a while and someone came by ... etc. Just knowing where the file came from doesn't automatically tell you who uploaded it.I am sure that Scott and others at WotC are absolutely furious about this. I have had the pleasure of seeing discussions of downloading a book I wrote on message boards. Not a bad thing if that book was available for sale as a .pdf, but it wasn't (still isn't actually).At the same time, mad as they must be, it has to be difficult to decide what to do about it. Do they spend time, effort and $ tracking down exactly who did it and taking them to court? Do they try to track down where the book "probably" got stolen and never use that company/person ever again? They have other alternatives as well, all of which require expending energy that they would otherwise spend marketing the game and trying to sell the physical books. The legal department will probably look into it a bit but my guess is that Scott and some of the others try not to let it distract them during the day and then quash their anger with a drink or two in the evening.Patrick</blockquote>