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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 7524848"><p>Wait a second...you are saying that it's not only entirely feasible that I type all the stuff in myself, but also that it's ok to do so. But that it's a terrible, unethical thing if I use a version that somebody <em>else</em> typed in, just because they weren't supposed to do that?</p><p></p><p>What's the difference? EDIT: I don't mean legally, I mean ethically.</p><p></p><p>(Unless I'm mistaken, it would be free to use D&DBeyond if I typed it in myself, although perhaps without some features that are reserved for subscribers, so that either way there's no additional revenue for D&DBeyond or WotC. Is that correct?)</p><p></p><p>ANOTHER EDIT:</p><p>Maybe you are conflating personal principles with ethics? Anti-piracy is clearly very important to you, and so you have a strict code you live by, which is noble, and it sounds like you think others should live by that code, too.</p><p></p><p>For a while my wife and I avoided buying any products from China because that country was the largest importer of elephant products, with the government turning a blind eye. It often/usually meant we had to buy more expensive products. That was our principle, even though we knew in reality it wouldn't have an impact. It just seemed like the right thing to do. Sure, we would have loved for other people to take up our boycott, but we didn't think it was <em>un</em>ethical of those who didn't: those people just didn't share our personal principles. I can totally understand that saving money is more important to some people than taking a righteous (but ineffective) stand against elephant poaching.</p><p></p><p>Ooh, and one more juicy detail: despite all that, my wife has a wallet made of elephant skin. We bought it directly from anti-poaching rangers in Botswana. It was made from the carcass of a poached elephant, and the funds help support anti-poaching efforts. But there are many, many people who share our love of elephants whose personal principles wouldn't permit them to buy or own <em>any</em> elephant products. Just because. And that's fine. </p><p></p><p>What's not fine is then insisting that others do the same thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 7524848"] Wait a second...you are saying that it's not only entirely feasible that I type all the stuff in myself, but also that it's ok to do so. But that it's a terrible, unethical thing if I use a version that somebody [I]else[/I] typed in, just because they weren't supposed to do that? What's the difference? EDIT: I don't mean legally, I mean ethically. (Unless I'm mistaken, it would be free to use D&DBeyond if I typed it in myself, although perhaps without some features that are reserved for subscribers, so that either way there's no additional revenue for D&DBeyond or WotC. Is that correct?) ANOTHER EDIT: Maybe you are conflating personal principles with ethics? Anti-piracy is clearly very important to you, and so you have a strict code you live by, which is noble, and it sounds like you think others should live by that code, too. For a while my wife and I avoided buying any products from China because that country was the largest importer of elephant products, with the government turning a blind eye. It often/usually meant we had to buy more expensive products. That was our principle, even though we knew in reality it wouldn't have an impact. It just seemed like the right thing to do. Sure, we would have loved for other people to take up our boycott, but we didn't think it was [I]un[/I]ethical of those who didn't: those people just didn't share our personal principles. I can totally understand that saving money is more important to some people than taking a righteous (but ineffective) stand against elephant poaching. Ooh, and one more juicy detail: despite all that, my wife has a wallet made of elephant skin. We bought it directly from anti-poaching rangers in Botswana. It was made from the carcass of a poached elephant, and the funds help support anti-poaching efforts. But there are many, many people who share our love of elephants whose personal principles wouldn't permit them to buy or own [I]any[/I] elephant products. Just because. And that's fine. What's not fine is then insisting that others do the same thing. [/QUOTE]
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