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<blockquote data-quote="Donovan Morningfire" data-source="post: 4266153" data-attributes="member: 39532">Regardless of what steps companies take these days, stuff ends up on the internet.&nbsp; Heck, I'm sure someone with a small amount of computer savvy can find and download the entire WotC 3.5e library in a day, and most of those weren't made available as PDFs.&nbsp; As others noted, for those with a bit of larceny in their heart, 4e is available now.As for how much to charge, WotC could have put them on the market around $25 each ($10 below hardcover retail), and even if the amount of internet piracy went up, the fact they don't have to pay printing costs or as much in distribution costs will help offset, if not overshadow entirely, whatever losses piracy would entail.&nbsp; And again, they can point to Green Ronin's success record as proof of concept.&nbsp; Besides which, I'd like to think that most folks are decent enough to cough up the bucks to buy official copies online prior to &quot;the big release.&quot;&nbsp; A lot of the posters that I've seen here that have admitted to dl'ing the books have also stated they are still buying the actual books, which more than a few people did for Green Ronin's M&amp;M books.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Donovan Morningfire, post: 4266153, member: 39532"] Regardless of what steps companies take these days, stuff ends up on the internet. Heck, I'm sure someone with a small amount of computer savvy can find and download the entire WotC 3.5e library in a day, and most of those weren't made available as PDFs. As others noted, for those with a bit of larceny in their heart, 4e is available now. As for how much to charge, WotC could have put them on the market around $25 each ($10 below hardcover retail), and even if the amount of internet piracy went up, the fact they don't have to pay printing costs or as much in distribution costs will help offset, if not overshadow entirely, whatever losses piracy would entail. And again, they can point to Green Ronin's success record as proof of concept. Besides which, I'd like to think that most folks are decent enough to cough up the bucks to buy official copies online prior to "the big release." A lot of the posters that I've seen here that have admitted to dl'ing the books have also stated they are still buying the actual books, which more than a few people did for Green Ronin's M&M books. [/QUOTE]

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