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<blockquote data-quote="Planesdragon" data-source="post: 1486998" data-attributes="member: 11133">We've discussed this very issue at least three times on ogf-l--the list Ryan administers, where we tore apart each draft of the OGL.&nbsp; Each time, we came to roughly the same conclusion: don't worry about the legal copying.&nbsp; Assume that it will happen, and plan accordingly.&nbsp;&nbsp;The people who would download and use a 100% legal OGC extract from Unearthed Arcana without buying the book are the same people who would download a 0% legal PDF scan of Unearthed Arcana from a P2P network.&nbsp; If they're not going to buy the book, they won't buy the book--and it's not worth it to disrupt your product enough to stop the 'pirates', because they will break just about anything that you do.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Taking off my FGA-advocate hat, I suspect that WotC released Unearthed Arcana with the OGL to see if they would get a sales spike as opposed to what their projections were.&nbsp; Hopefully, they'll see just such a spike--and they'll do the same for other rules-heavy books in the future.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Planesdragon, post: 1486998, member: 11133"] We've discussed this very issue at least three times on ogf-l--the list Ryan administers, where we tore apart each draft of the OGL. Each time, we came to roughly the same conclusion: don't worry about the legal copying. Assume that it will happen, and plan accordingly. The people who would download and use a 100% legal OGC extract from Unearthed Arcana without buying the book are the same people who would download a 0% legal PDF scan of Unearthed Arcana from a P2P network. If they're not going to buy the book, they won't buy the book--and it's not worth it to disrupt your product enough to stop the 'pirates', because they will break just about anything that you do. Taking off my FGA-advocate hat, I suspect that WotC released Unearthed Arcana with the OGL to see if they would get a sales spike as opposed to what their projections were. Hopefully, they'll see just such a spike--and they'll do the same for other rules-heavy books in the future. [/QUOTE]

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