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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ghostwind" data-source="post: 1590087" data-attributes="member: 3060">I know George and in person he is a very polite and likeable fellow. However, like any person who runs a business, he will defend it against slams and attacks that are unwarranted. As a whole, RPGnet (and to some extent, EN World) posters feel that by posting boycott statements or negative comments they can drastically affect a company's sales. But to be honest, nothing is further from the truth. Every member of EN World and RPGNet combined could choose to boycott a publisher and it might make a minor dent in sales at the very most and that's it. Therefore, George (and other publishers) doesn't worry about offending someone on a bulletin board especially when they take an "attitude" with him or his company. George is blunt, calls it like he sees it and feels that his company doesn't "owe" gamers anything, especially something that, in his opinion, can be easily pirated (which he does feel is a problem for his company). Another thing to remember about DRM and Drivethru along with the publishers using it. Their target audience is the person who cannot get a print copy easily because of location, availability and/or costs (such as being overseas or stuck 200 miles from a game store). They also aren't concerned about the gamer who wants to be able to rip it apart by copy/paste numerous times in a single day for whatever reason. They are looking at the casual gamer who just wants an electronic copy because he probably can't get a print one. So if you are of a mind that a pdf should be 50% or less than the cost of a print version, you aren't their target customer either. So I wouldn't get too upset over Eden (or any other publisher) and this decision to go with Drivethru, because it was made strictly in terms of a business decision that offers an alternative to customers who may not have had that option before. Nothing more and nothing less, in my opinon. Just my .02 worth...</blockquote>

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