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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 4754475" data-attributes="member: 50895">The only cost in offering PDFs is storage and downloadThe only cost in offering PDFs (especially the older versions) is online storage and download access costs. However, if placed in the same directory as other versions including 4e PDF products. The cost is negligeable almost nothing. Even before they pulled the PDFs, I am sure there was no older version's dept. that handled issues like rules within the older editions, nor are they expected to. So there is no other maintenance fee for hosting PDFs.If you're not spending a dime on advertising previous editions PDFs, tracking it is tracking a sale only. A sale is money. Removing said products "because of cost issues" is a silly argument, there is no cost, not really.From a business point of view, having 5 products in your store is sales inventory. Pulling one of those products does not improve sales, it just means there is less to buy - thus less profit. Taking 1e - 3e products off the sales table means less profit.Your cost of hosting older editions have no legs to stand on - its a lose - lose situation. Players are unhappy and WotC makes less money, how is that ever a smart move. Its not.GPPS: regarding "its unethical to break the law" what about unethical laws they do exist as well. (I'm not condoning piracy however, I'd never do that, and I'd report you in a minute if I thought you did!)</blockquote>