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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Urbannen" data-source="post: 4258003" data-attributes="member: 7643">I completely agree with keeping street dates.  But in my group, piracy is more of an issue.  Someone from my gaming group is torrent-crazy and has already downloaded and distributed to us copies of the 4th Edition rules on DVD.  Personally I did not ask for it, but he included it with the Alpha Pathfinder rules, which I did want and which are freely available.  I am uncomfortable with the way he takes reams of RPG pages from the internet without spending a dime.  We're playing City of the Spider Queen and he suggested that I just print out the adventure from the PDF he provided.  I bought a real copy on E-bay.That said, I do use the free downloads he's provided as reference. I use the PDF of CotSQ for printing maps and some stat blocks. The books my friend's downloaded are very useful when I'm researching some random part of the Realms or when I need stats on a creature that's mentioned in the module but which is in a supplement besides the MM.  I can't see myself maintaining a library of 2E FR books as a reference or buying MMII just for one or two creatures.  If my group is using a particular book intensively, I feel at least one of us must own a physical copy.  Downloads are convenient and I'll use them to sample or preview, but I would never print out an entire product as a download.  Still, it's a fine line, because torrent downloads are piracy.</blockquote>

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