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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eyebeams" data-source="post: 2765337" data-attributes="member: 9225">I tracked a couple of DRMed (Dark Ages: Fae and Exalted) products over P2P (gnutella, kazaa and a few bt portals) on a bet and the DRM source files did not, in fact, end up on those networks (as far as I could tell) for quite some time. It was just a matter of time, but given that a few vociferous parties practically vowed to get these particular files on networks within a week of release, I'd say it did an OK job, but that the decreased functionality wasn't a reasonable tradeoff.A searchable, web-based portal is a very powerful tool. I didn't upgrade to 3.5 largely because I bought a laptop with wifi and found D20SRD.org . As long as I have someone with a 3.5 PHB to confirm the odd fishy bit of text, it has superior functionality compared to owning a physical book. Even without the laptop, I find myself looking up things on the SRD or Modern sites at least as often as I do a book. I teach computer skills to new users for a living. In my experience, there is a world of difference between the user friendliness of web and .pdf content. Properly organized web content is superior in almost every way. It requires nothing but your browser, it is easier to read, and it often allows intuitive cross-referencing. People who are more skilled users do not find the difference to be so extreme, so they might not notice the powerful advantages of web content over .pdf, especially in situations where you are not going to print the document anyway (true for many .pdfs).</blockquote>

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