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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dm4hire" data-source="post: 4676632" data-attributes="member: 14848">Actually I don't think that was the problem Imaro.  The real problem was that via the website a person had access to all of the powers published by WotC.  Passing around a few power cards as were done at the start by Ander00 really isn't a big deal compared to full access to the material the website was offering.  Though I have seen pdfs of everything floating around as mentioned.  Kind of hard to stop a file from floating around versus a full website that infringes the content.  That I can understand despite not really liking the stance.  I would have perfered WotC taking a different approach, but to be honest I really can't think of anything outside of what I already mentioned.In reference to my suggestion about the letter earlier I was simply indicating that by doing it my way WotC would in a sense be providing a grace period which would allow the website to shutdown in a manner that would at least appease the fans.  Instead the C&D requires immediate action, though their C&D is really a form of DRM so the website could have continued until ordered by court, but faces a heavier fine if proven wrong.  As with the previous C&D discussed there were fans upset because they had material saved that, though against copyright, was technically theirs with the right to access it and should have been given the opportunity to at least retrieve it.  In effect they created character sheets, or in the new case power cards, which are by products the same as if we sat at a table and created a character or wrote down the powers on a sheet of paper.  The grace period would in effect be telling the fans "Hey, we screwed up, but it's not your fault.  We can't let you create anything new, but you can take what you've already done with you."  The fans might be upset they can't make anything new, but they won't be PO'd that they lost everything which was the case for some of the fans for those sites.  Course if the new site was making PDFs for download then there would be nothing be saved on it most likely so their immediate shutdown is iffy, though giving them a few days to close shop would have been a nice gesture.   As I've mentioned fans will still go out and buy the official product regardless.</blockquote>

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