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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 4749102" data-attributes="member: 2067">I assume he means PDFs of the PHB2 being downloaded illegally within hours of the PDF's release. I'm not sure how he can tell hours from the physical book's release, just given the time that information takes to percolate up from the retail network.That number sounds big, but it's not the whole story by any means. The PDFs could have been being downloaded before the release of the PDF, and I think that those numbers won't change even without the PDF. I imagine PDF sales of WotC books have never been very high (given the "full hardcover price" problem), so if they're looking at "All PHB2 Piracy vs. Number of Sold PDFs", those are VERY misleading numbers, and not something that any intelligent publisher should take without a heaping mound of salt.Good news, but I'm in a "I'll believe it when I see it" frame of mind for this. And, again, this can't have anything to do with piracy, unless WotC is taking a "baby with the bathwater" approach and just putting the kibash on ALL PDF's ever, period, which would be colossally ignorant.My stars and garters, senior management is completely, willfully ignorant.You know what not selling PDF's is to pirates? It's this:<img src="http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/fail-owned-car-window-fail.jpg?w=500&h=375" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />"HUR HUR OKEYDOKEY"Right attitude, but I don't see you backing that up with much in the way of positive development or communication. You're trying, and it's adorable, but it's kind of like you have a lisp and you're trying to say the word "sassafrass." It's coming out all garbled.In other words, kiddos, there's no scapegoat for this decision. You can freely hold ALL of WotC responsible for this idiocy. From Mearls to Rouse to Greg Leeds (who IS this guy, anyway?), to his boss at Hasbro. To hold them responsible, I'm holding off on my WotC book purchases for a while. I'll keep the DDI. I'll only buy what I need to run my weekly 4e game, and only directly when I need it, nothing more (assuming I can't just get it from the DDI, of course). For me, at least, the decision to "crack down on pirates" like this won't result in more book sales for them, but in fewer. The most I can do is contribute my little bit to the feeling of futility they undoubtedly already have. I'll put that money into PDF purchases and Pathfinder, methinks.And heck, if I really need a little tidbit that one of the books has for some odd reason, I'll browse the title in the store. Maybe read it in a cafe at Borders.What I ain't doing is buying Wizards books. There are hundreds of thousands of other ways to get this information, perfectly legally.</blockquote>

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