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Message: <blockquote data-quote="D'karr" data-source="post: 4746785" data-attributes="member: 336">I believe that someone in an "official" capacity mentioned that they are looking at other ways of implementing DRM.If you are hemorrhaging, usually the first line of treatment is to stop the bleeding.  Often by any means necessary.  Sometimes a tourniquet is the only way to do that, and sometimes using a tourniquet means that you lose a limb.What if WotC figured that PDF's that they provide are part of that hemorrhage?  What if those products that are out of print are also being pirated from the copies that WotC provides.  Then maybe their actions are not pure BS after all.What if WotC estimated that at the present moment the sell of legal PDFs that they provide was being used to promote piracy.  They might have concluded that the best manner of stopping their "legal" pdfs from being used for that purpose was to look at better methods of DRM, but while they are looking at those methods they decided to stop the bleeding. If WotC figured that the way they were doing DRM and the contracts that they had with online distributors can be implemented in a better way.  A way to reduce the chance of their products being pirated, then maybe their actions are not pure BS at all.The problem is that to do that, they figured they needed to stop the bleeding and they figured the best way was to stop all "legal" distribution.Does that mean that piracy will go away?  Absolutely not.  However, if they put their products back on the market with a better way of enforcing what they want, it makes sense.  Will it mean piracy will go away?  No.  But if they can reduce the possibility on their end, it makes business sense.In addition WotC is also pursuing legal action against some people that allegedly distributed their property illegally.  So maybe they decided to circle the wagons and regroup.  BTW, I have about as much proof about this theory "logically based on the action taken" as you do with yours.  I just choose not to look at every action as if it was performed by the collective.</blockquote>

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