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<blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 4745701" data-attributes="member: 80487">The part that immediately bothers me is the part that probably was not even &quot;on the radar&quot; of whoever gave the order: out of print works, especially the original D&amp;D booklets (which command &quot;collector's item&quot; prices in original form).For WotC, no PDF sales means no revenue at all from those.What bothers me in prospect is the possibility that WotC will turn to handicapped digital documents (online and/or downloaded) -- and that others will follow suit.I don't see that as likely to hinder pirates nearly as much as it would hinder law-abiding consumers. There's already the factor that some pirate scans of old works may be of much better quality than the official offerings. A book reconstructed via OCR and careful proofreading and layout might be in more demand than a facsimile of blurry, askew gray pages.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ariosto, post: 4745701, member: 80487"] The part that immediately bothers me is the part that probably was not even "on the radar" of whoever gave the order: out of print works, especially the original D&D booklets (which command "collector's item" prices in original form). For WotC, no PDF sales means [b]no revenue at all[/b] from those. What bothers me in prospect is the possibility that WotC will turn to handicapped digital documents (online and/or downloaded) -- and that others will follow suit. I don't see that as likely to hinder pirates nearly as much as it would hinder law-abiding consumers. There's already the factor that some pirate scans of old works may be of much better quality than the official offerings. A book reconstructed via OCR and careful proofreading and layout might be in more demand than a facsimile of blurry, askew gray pages. [/QUOTE]

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