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<blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 3849318" data-attributes="member: 2804"><p>That is an interesting idea, but with the proliferation of PDF pirated copies of their books online, I think WotC might prefer to go with the unique code route and just have marketing spin it as a bonus for people who buy new books, rather than a liability for people buying used books.</p><p></p><p>The only problem I see is that it pretty much requires them to shrink wrap their books. Otherwise, you could just go to Barnes and Noble, copy the code out of a book and then use the code online. Then that customer who did buy the book in good faith is screwed. I would be extremely upset and demand a new code from WotC if that happened to me.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps a combo of having a unique code and being asked to answer a page reference question like you suggest is a good way to do it but that seems burdonsome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dragonblade, post: 3849318, member: 2804"] That is an interesting idea, but with the proliferation of PDF pirated copies of their books online, I think WotC might prefer to go with the unique code route and just have marketing spin it as a bonus for people who buy new books, rather than a liability for people buying used books. The only problem I see is that it pretty much requires them to shrink wrap their books. Otherwise, you could just go to Barnes and Noble, copy the code out of a book and then use the code online. Then that customer who did buy the book in good faith is screwed. I would be extremely upset and demand a new code from WotC if that happened to me. Perhaps a combo of having a unique code and being asked to answer a page reference question like you suggest is a good way to do it but that seems burdonsome. [/QUOTE]
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