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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sledge" data-source="post: 1541264" data-attributes="member: 9324">Having paid for numerous pdf's (including crimson contract's) I have to admit that I can see why people would pirate.  The question is still whether it hurts the publisher, because as much as someone might want to look at the sheer number of people that seem to have "stolen" their product, I think that the publisher would have to admit that sales of that level are not realistic for their product.  Most of the pdf books out there are good buys at 2-5 dollars.  However I have yet to purchase a pdf I would have paid 11.95 for.  If it wasn't around $5 it wasn't worth it.  Even a book like Crimson Contracts is really only useable in a very small amount in a single campaign.Rather than complaining about potential loss of sales, I would suggest being more positive.  I honestly think the IP viral code in the pdf was a very big mistake.  Any book you had permission from the author to release with that code is now a legitimate copy.  The thing that should have really been done is some form of alteration to indicate the copy was not legitimate.  I have use file sharing services as quick means to download netbook releases.  In the process I have gotten many files of buyable pdfs.  Some of these have been renamed even.  In every case had I not known of the product, owned it already, or gone the extra mile and checked the website of the publisher I would never have known the product was not intentionally released as such.  Put a price tag on the cover or a note on the first page.  If you want to slow piracy down then motivate people to buy from you, don't just get grouchy.  Remember also that the majority of people downloading may be UNABLE to buy your product in a convenient manner.  To set up online payment and all that it entails is time consuming.  For the people sharing the files it is usually much much easier to simply search and download.There have to be many ways to positively influence people into supporting the authors that create the source of their pastime.</blockquote>

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