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<blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 1771853" data-attributes="member: 2673">This is an irrelevent argument.&nbsp; So what if he shares it with his six buddies?&nbsp; When someone buys a paper book,&nbsp; the rest of the group doesn't go out and buy copies of it too.&nbsp; Generally IMO there's one or two collectors in a group that buy everything under the sun.&nbsp; Everyone else uses their books, or has just a couple of their own.DRM is spyware, and I'm not paying to put spyware on my computer.&nbsp; I also hate Adobe 6, as its slow, bloated, and ugly IMO.&nbsp; I have a full version of Acrobat 5, and don't want to switch.&nbsp; I also use linux half the time where Adobe is unavaialable but other PDF readers are.&nbsp; I also like to get my books printed at the local print shop, which is impossible with DRM.The problem with DRM is that it makes the pirated version more attractive than the legitimate version.&nbsp; If someone wants to pirate something they will.&nbsp; Not a single pirate is stopped by DRM - in fact cracking the DRM on one of these pseudo-PDFs is far easier than cutting off the spine of a book and feeding it through a scanner.&nbsp; So as an RPG fan I have a choice with electronic books - pay for the DRM'ed version or copy a pirate version.&nbsp; The pirate version is more useful than the pay version.&nbsp; Why would I pay for something that is less useful?&nbsp; I hope that DTRPG fails.&nbsp; I would rather see the big publishers not involved in online publishing at all than have the industry standard become DRM garbage.&nbsp; The price isn't really an issue - I wouldn't download this pretend PDF for free.Hit RPGNow and sites like that to get real PDFs that you can use however you want.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="maddman75, post: 1771853, member: 2673"] This is an irrelevent argument. So what if he shares it with his six buddies? When someone buys a paper book, the rest of the group doesn't go out and buy copies of it too. Generally IMO there's one or two collectors in a group that buy everything under the sun. Everyone else uses their books, or has just a couple of their own. DRM is spyware, and I'm not paying to put spyware on my computer. I also hate Adobe 6, as its slow, bloated, and ugly IMO. I have a full version of Acrobat 5, and don't want to switch. I also use linux half the time where Adobe is unavaialable but other PDF readers are. I also like to get my books printed at the local print shop, which is impossible with DRM. The problem with DRM is that it makes the pirated version more attractive than the legitimate version. If someone wants to pirate something they will. Not a single pirate is stopped by DRM - in fact cracking the DRM on one of these pseudo-PDFs is far easier than cutting off the spine of a book and feeding it through a scanner. So as an RPG fan I have a choice with electronic books - pay for the DRM'ed version or copy a pirate version. The pirate version is more useful than the pay version. Why would I pay for something that is less useful? I hope that DTRPG fails. I would rather see the big publishers not involved in online publishing at all than have the industry standard become DRM garbage. The price isn't really an issue - I wouldn't download this pretend PDF for free. Hit RPGNow and sites like that to get real PDFs that you can use however you want. [/QUOTE]

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