Arcane Power: How long before the pirated copy appears

[Jack99]

Oh. That's not a replacement at all for paper or PDF copy of a rule book. Big fail for WotC.

They haven't replaced anything. Things are as they have always been, well, without the PDF obviously.

It's mixed publicity..

Good: Wizards has delayed the pirates..
Bad: Wizards pulled out pdf's

There is no such thing as bad publicity

 

[CapnZapp]

It's not, and I'm feeling the lack of an Arcane Power pdf keenly.

The lack of an official pdf, that is.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

There is no such thing as bad publicity

Tell that to Lindsey Lohan

 

[Kask]

There is no such thing as bad publicity

Hmm, Air Force 1 & some F-16s buzzing Manhattan comes to mind...

 

[Bumbles]

Sorry for my word choice, but i mean an official study of the effects of piracy on various types of products..

Yes, I thought you were looking for something authoritative there, but sadly, there really isn't any such thing.

Plenty of studies. Some of them from reputable sources. But none of them are what I'd call really definitive proof either way.

 

[Derulbaskul]

I expect that we will see the PDFs back on RPGNow et al in a few months when WotC begins to realise that it doesn't have the in-house skills to provide an alternative on the website.

In the meantime, I will buy the hard copies as always but will go back to downloading the PDFs from wherever I can find them so that I have my "travelling copies".

 

[Oompa]

Tell that to Lindsey Lohan

I would still do her

But.. the version i found is already updated with re-scanned pages and the likes..

 

[mach1.9pants]

Well there is now a PDF copy out fully OCR's and bookmarked and cleaned up and everything, as good (practically, if not aesthetically) as the WotC released PDFs, so that has taken about 10 days to reach the point of no difference to the pirates whatever WotC does.

 

[Kask]

Well there is now a PDF copy out fully OCR's and bookmarked and cleaned up and everything, as good (practically, if not aesthetically) as the WotC released PDFs, so that has taken about 10 days to reach the point of no difference to the pirates whatever WotC does.

WotC Pres has apparently lived in a cave over the last 15 years. He hasn't learned the obvious lessons from the music industry debacle.

 

[JohnRTroy]

WotC Pres has apparently lived in a cave over the last 15 years. He hasn't learned the obvious lessons from the music industry debacle.

What lessons?

I'm not a big fan of people saying the various industries should not worry about privacy. Honestly, the people who say that in my mind are akin to a Mafia boss saying "you better co-operate and pay protection or we will ruin you"--except replace protection racketeering with IP piracy. How dare anybody decide to actually protect themselves from pirates, or decide to abandon a certain business model that is frought with violations of the No Electronic Theft Act (and other rules).

Plenty of studies. Some of them from reputable sources. But none of them are what I'd call really definitive proof either way.

Part of the problem too is that in the latter half of the decade, with all the alternatives to news, people don't like listening to anything outside their "comfort zone". So, instead of people listening objectively and trying to understand the other guy, people now try to shoot the messenger. Say the wrong message, and you are part of the "liberal media", the "media conglomerates", etc. It's okay to have health skepticism, but be wary of your own biases and keep yourselves open to the other approaches. I notice that the people who don't want to see piracy stopped love to quote the stories about it "increasing consumption", but when other facts dispute this, they dismiss the surveys as biased.