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[Blacksad]

It might be better in Meta?
and it might be better deleted/closed?

Perhaps some publisher are aware of the scanned copy of their books, and that some of their readers use them to decide if they should buy the book or not based on these.

Would you (and Morrus) accept that someone who has read such a copy (and not bought the book) made a review of it based on the copy?

Do you think it would screw the result (and finally not being helpful to customers) because some books are scanned and some are not?

Other reasons?

 

[Morrus]

I don't understand what you're saying.

Are you saying that you have a scanned copy of a product and wish to review it? Or that you are aware that others have done so?

I'm sure you can understand why I can't condone piracy, whatever you may think of the moral aspects of it.

 

[Blacksad]

I have downloaded the slayer guide to sahuagin and evil, I was interested by both (for a spelljamer campaign on the human/halfling water world, and for an evil campaign with follower of Tiamat in the realms).

But I will only buy evil, and I think that the slayer guide is only worth a score of 2, so I have a moral dilema, as I haven't bought the product, and I don't know if I should do a review (not before july or august, I will do a review of all my d20 collection) I'm not the typical customer, someone who has bought it might find some use of this book, while I can send it in my trash box without a second thought.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

I can't begin to describe the many ways it would be morally reprehensible to write an unfavorable review of a pirated product.

Please tell me this is a troll...


Wulf

 

[Walter_J]

I have downloaded the slayer guide to sahuagin and evil, I was interested by both (for a spelljamer campaign on the human/halfling water world, and for an evil campaign with follower of Tiamat in the realms).

But I will only buy evil, and I think that the slayer guide is only worth a score of 2, so I have a moral dilema, as I haven't bought the product, and I don't know if I should do a review (not before july or august, I will do a review of all my d20 collection) I'm not the typical customer, someone who has bought it might find some use of this book, while I can send it in my trash box without a second thought.

Stop downloading pirated copies and then you'll only have to worry about writing reviews of products you actually purchase. Moral dilema solved.

 

[Leopold]

reviews are meant to be done by people who 'own' the product. TAke that in whatever aspect you mean. The whole point of a review is that you took the product read it over and came to a conclusion on what the product was like. that's all a review is.

I don't care if you got the product in hardback, downloaded it, had it drawn up on tea leaves, or sent to you via Morse code. A review is a review.


NOTE: Not suggesting you transmit the data via the internet by scanning it in, nor by sending it via morse code, nor by starting a sceance and having a psychic send it to you via a medium and then putting them on tea leaves! Safestt bet is still to pick it up at your local gaming store..

 

[jaerdaph]

Perhaps some publisher are aware of the scanned copy of their books, and that some of their readers use them to decide if they should buy the book or not based on these.

Oh PUH-lease! This is the same lame excuse the Napster generation gave for their piracy.

What you have participated in is outright theft, plain and simple.

Did the publishers (Mongoose and AEG) make these scans available for evaluation? I think not. Whoever did it has broken international laws, and so have you by downloading them. Only the publishers have the right to make their products available this way.

The fact that you are having a "moral dilemma" only proves that you know this is wrong, which makes it all the more worse.

I'm sick and tired of these pirates with their "I'm a modern day Robin Hood" additudes. I don't recall Robin Hood robbing luxury/want items from the rich, and keeping them for himself.

Be glad I'm not the owner of this site. I would have turned your IP information over to Mongoose and AEG.

Sorry for the rant, but this sort of thing really makes me angry.

 

[Mouseferatu]

As a writer myself, all I can say is...

Preach on, Brother Jaerdaph!!

 

[Cergorach]

Yada-yada-yada...

@Blacksad
Now that wasn't all to smart, now was it, 'confessing' on a publisher board. A lot of folks aren't going to accept your reviews now, i find that a shame. What i can't seem to get to my thick skull though is that if you lived in my neighborhood you could have borrowed said books and have written a perfect 'acceptable' review. My advice would be that you should decide for yourself what you want to do, mostly because certain people have a problem with polite conversation and discussion (@jaerdaph). I'm actually looking foreward to seeing your opinions on said books, atleast i know you'll be honest (even if it isn't in your best interest ;-).

@jaerdaph
You should learn your own language a little better, what he's doing is obviously illegal, but it's not theft!

theft

\Theft\, n. [OE. thefte, AS. [thorn]i['e]f[eth]e, [thorn][=y]f[eth]e, [thorn]e['o]f[eth]e. See Thief.] 1. (Law) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.

Note: To constitute theft there must be a taking without the owner's consent, and it must be unlawful or felonious; every part of the property stolen must be removed, however slightly, from its former position; and it must be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of the thief. See Larceny, and the Note under Robbery.

 

[FullTinCan]

Blacksad - Don't review what you don't own. I think it is good that you sought advice, and hopefully can take the responses and the emotions found within these responses and decide which course of action you will take in the future.

Best luck to you, and if you truly do feel guilty, go out and purchase the product so you can review it, then sell it used. You end up learning a lesson at the cost of some money.