Arcane Power: How long before the pirated copy appears

[Remathilis]

Gentleperson's wager...

Arcane Power came out today; how long before a scanned copy hits the torrents?

 

[crazy_cat]

How long do D&D normally take to appear on Torrents? I'm genuinely interested to know.

Given recent WOTC actions I'd expect this latest book to appear very quickly - as people seek to show WOTC the futility of their recent attempt to address piracy.

 

[Kishin]

You should include an option for under 1 day.

I give it 12 hours. It'll be scanned before midnight.

 

[CardinalXimenes]

I'm watching, myself, just out of interest in this precise question. I'll bet it hits a major site within two days, since it's a fairly major release hot on the heels of the PDF policy kerfuffle, and I'm sure someone out there is eager to "stick it to the Man". I'm betting it'll have no bookmarks, no OCR, and be a rush job. With fading nerd rage, however, I'd expect rips to lag further afterwards until as much as a week passes before a major release gets pirated. I'd expect the uncertainty of timing and quality to drive a big enough percentage of would-be pirates to buy it retail and justify the PDF drop.

Interestingly, the pirates have a deadline on crunchy books like this. If they don't get it out between release and DDI update day, the only reason for anyone with a DDI subscrip to DL it is to look at the pictures. I think WotC is working hard not to stop piracy, but to make it not worth the effort compared to a $5-a-month subscription.

 

[Voadam]

Anybody care to post when they see it up?

According to WotC they were up within a few hours of the release of the PHB2 pdfs.

I understand the core books were pirated and available before release from printer copies being leaked, which I would not expect for most book releases.

I expect WotC has bought themselves a small delay of pirated copies being available so I'm going with the 2-3 day range.

 

[Kishin]

You should include an option for under 1 day.

I give it 12 hours. It'll be scanned before midnight.

 

[Kishin]

Anybody care to post when they see it up?

According to WotC they were up within a few hours of the release of the PHB2 pdfs.
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Well, someone just grabbed the OEF format PHB2 from DrivethruRPG and did all the slicework, so that explains that.

Hand scanning might make things a bit difficult, but it'll still show up, and fast.

 

[El Mahdi]

I thought I read here on ENWorld that pirated copies were already out a week ago (although I could be wrong), so I voted lemon curry.

 

[Oompa]

Think it would be pretty quick.. ill keep an eye on the usual places.. did found the character generator though..

 

[w_earle_wheeler]

Ironically, seeing someone using a copy of the pirated Character Generator -- and knowing that Arcane Power will be added to the legitimate version -- made me more interested in subscribing to the DDI.