Arcane Power: How long before the pirated copy appears

[Grazzt]

This should have included a negative number, and should have been posted a few weeks ago. Copies of it have been available for some time in certain stores and regions.

Yep. Or options for "yesterday", "immediately", or "it's already out there"

 

[Aberzanzorax]

So then...

Has anyone actually seen it yet?


No source needed (please don't post that), just your honest statement that you've actually seen it available.

 

[Derulbaskul]

So then... Has anyone actually seen it yet?
No source needed (please don't post that), just your honest statement that you've actually seen it available.

Yeah... previous page I stated:

Yes I posted that last week. I didn't download it because I don't pirate but was just interested at how long before the PDF came up without the anti-piracy protections that would have allowed WotC to trace the offender....

I found it in several places... and I still laugh at the irony that WotC's anti-piracy initiative means that there is no anti-piracy protection on the PDFs.

 

[CardinalXimenes]

I found it in several places... and I still laugh at the irony that WotC's anti-piracy initiative means that there is no anti-piracy protection on the PDFs.

I've been watching the major sites, and there's still no sign of it. If a pirated PDF is out there, people are being remarkably discreet about exposing it. I'm not implying that you're being deceitful in saying you've seen it, but let's just say that it's much easier to rename a Make Money Fast .pdf "Arcane Power" than to rip the real thing.

 

[Derulbaskul]

Ok... so thank you for saying I am not being deceitful... I think.

 

[TheYeti1775]

Found it last night, without using any Bit Torrent site. Took about 10 minutes to find. Such is life

 

[TheYeti1775]

Found it last night, without using any Bit Torrent site. Took about 10 minutes to find. Such is life

Also please note all PM'ers and Emailer's that I won't be passing out the links. They are easy enough to find on your own.

 

[Mistwell]

I checked all the major torrent sites, and it is not listed.

At this point apparently it was well underway for all the other books.

So, I would say their anti-piracy move has at least slowed the distribution a bit.

 

[Kask]

Found it.

 

[KlausThePrince]

The only thing I found is an Arcane Power file on Download Monster (uploaded yesterday)... but you cannot even check the file's size without subscribing to DM, which costs 25$, so I cannot tell if it's true or a fake.