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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 4675003" data-attributes="member: 41321">I feel like we've been spoiled by the 3e SRD.  Why else would we think that copying big chunks out of a copyrighted book and making it available for free on the web is acceptable?I don't care how nice the site was or how helpful their offerings were, they had to have seen this coming.  It's only the good sites that get cease and desist letters.  If a site weren't helpful then it wouldn't be popular and WotC would probably never become aware of it.  Only when it starts to become dangerous to WotC does it become worthwhile for them to take action.  It's really not surprising that they'd start going after sites that compete with one of their upcoming products.  It just makes good business sense.  You're coming out with product X.  There are a few popular free websites that give out product Y (very similar to product X) for free, and they are violating your copyright.  It takes them very little effort to send a cease and desist letter to the makers of Y, so why not send one?  Very little effort with potentially large gain (people X because Y is no longer available).  This is just good business sense.</blockquote>