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<blockquote data-quote="Paraxis" data-source="post: 6545924" data-attributes="member: 13009">Joe and Bill are neighbors, they both play D&amp;D together on Saturday nights.&nbsp; Both Joe and Bill each own a copy of the Player's Handbook for 5th edition.&nbsp; Joe purchases a second copy takes it apart and feeds it through a high quality scanner, he spends the time making an ocr pdf of the book.&nbsp; Has Joe done something illegal or immoral at this point?Joe knowing that Bill would appreciate a high quality searchable pdf for his tablet to use on the go, decides to give Bill a copy of the pdf file he made.&nbsp; Has Joe done something illegal or immoral now?&nbsp; Does it matter that Joe owns two copies of the phb so making two pdfs seems reasonable right?&nbsp; Does it matter that Bill owns a physical copy of the book?Consider maybe Bill helped Joe scan some of those pages into the computer, does that matter?&nbsp; Does it matter if he helped make 5% of the pdf or 50% of it?The rest of the gaming group sees that Joe and Bill have this cool high quality pdf and ask for copies, is this legal or immoral?&nbsp; Does it change if it is a small group or a large gaming club?&nbsp; At what point up to uploading the file on to a file sharing service and sharing the link with a pirate community, which is obviously illegal and immoral in most places is the line in the sand for breaking the law and or being a bad person?Imagine Bill and Joe live in USA?&nbsp; Now imagine they live in your country? An eastern block country with no real concern for intellectual property laws?I personally have no problem with any of it up till the digital distribution online.&nbsp; You make a mix tape for your girl (god I am old) or load an mp3 player with songs you ripped from your CD collection, got no problem with that either I don't see a difference.&nbsp; I don't know the laws exactly but much like speeding or goofy laws about not carrying wire cutters in your back pocket I don't care up till the point someone gets a ticket.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paraxis, post: 6545924, member: 13009"] Joe and Bill are neighbors, they both play D&D together on Saturday nights. Both Joe and Bill each own a copy of the Player's Handbook for 5th edition. Joe purchases a second copy takes it apart and feeds it through a high quality scanner, he spends the time making an ocr pdf of the book. Has Joe done something illegal or immoral at this point? Joe knowing that Bill would appreciate a high quality searchable pdf for his tablet to use on the go, decides to give Bill a copy of the pdf file he made. Has Joe done something illegal or immoral now? Does it matter that Joe owns two copies of the phb so making two pdfs seems reasonable right? Does it matter that Bill owns a physical copy of the book? Consider maybe Bill helped Joe scan some of those pages into the computer, does that matter? Does it matter if he helped make 5% of the pdf or 50% of it? The rest of the gaming group sees that Joe and Bill have this cool high quality pdf and ask for copies, is this legal or immoral? Does it change if it is a small group or a large gaming club? At what point up to uploading the file on to a file sharing service and sharing the link with a pirate community, which is obviously illegal and immoral in most places is the line in the sand for breaking the law and or being a bad person? Imagine Bill and Joe live in USA? Now imagine they live in your country? An eastern block country with no real concern for intellectual property laws? I personally have no problem with any of it up till the digital distribution online. You make a mix tape for your girl (god I am old) or load an mp3 player with songs you ripped from your CD collection, got no problem with that either I don't see a difference. I don't know the laws exactly but much like speeding or goofy laws about not carrying wire cutters in your back pocket I don't care up till the point someone gets a ticket. [/QUOTE]

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