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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 4931267" data-attributes="member: 177">Yes, and no.  "Worth" is an odd thing in business, and therein lies the heart of the matter - business strategy.  While Dragon content is new, it can haul in some money.  But, it is only new for a very short while, after which its value drops off precipitously.  And there's this thing in business called "loss leading" - where I allow some of my value to leak away, or even run at a loss, in the hopes of it drawing in new business.I would expect Dragon to be viewed that way.  It's purpose isn't to have lots of value itself, but to maintain current customers and draw in new business.  If a few Dragon pdfs make it into the wild, it is a small loss, but may draw in new customers that see the cool stuff, and thus overall be a win.Content from old editions, however, is not a loss leader.  It does not draw in much new business, and may even compete with current production lines (some argue this possibility - proving it to each other means nothing, and WotC is not listening to our points on the matter here, so I won't get into it, other than to state that WotC might well consider this possible). Risk is a combination of the probability of an event occurring, and the loss that event represents.  The probabilty that some pdf content from any line being pirated is near 100%.  Dragon content getting into the wild is a loss, mitigated by drawing in some new business and/or maintianing customers who might buy new books.  Old edition content getting into the wild is loss - unmitigated by other factors.  Thus, old content getting pirated may well be "higher risk", than Dragon content.</blockquote>

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