Piracy

[lutecius]

Side note: I'm generally amused by these types of threads/polls.

Considering that for most message boards, digitial piracy is a forbidden topic, I can't imagine that anyone that has done it and has a modicum of active brain cells is going to openly admit to such in a public forum.

Good thing this poll is anonymous then. But no, i don't think the discussion itself is going to be incredibly enlightening.

Anyways, I'm not a fan of pdfs and I guess the pre-release leak was a bad thing, but I'm thankful I was able to read the books "in the store", so i didn't have to buy 4e to decide it wasn't for me. It took a thorough look to find out that even things that sounded good in the previews (multiclassing) weren't to my taste as implemented.

As a rule, I don't pre-order games and only support the ones i play.

 

[Halivar]

I stopped eight years ago when I realized that I hate PDF's and the crap I was downloading, I wasn't using. My self-imposed penance was to purchase a full bookshelf worth of 3rd Edition material.

 

[Krensky]

The poll is doubly meaningless because the only people who could say that the did pirate it would be someone who boarded a cargo ship in the middle of the sea and stole them.

Everyone who downloaded the pdf misappropriated it and infringed on copyright.

For the record, I bought the gift set and the pdfs.

 

[RangerWickett]

I didn't personally download the pdfs of the core books that got leaked, but I wanted to see the rules, so when offered a chance to see them early, I gave 'em a look. I had already ordered the print books.

I don't generally pirate, but I'll admit to the occasional infraction. However, I'm not a huge 4e fan, so I haven't bothered to get any 4e books after the core 3, either in print or digitally.

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

I downloaded the leaked 4E PDFs in order to make a sound decision on whether I wanted to purchase the books.

Suffice to say, I am now the owner of 6 PHBs, one DMG, one MM, one Manual of the Planes, one Adventurer's Vault, one Martial Powers book.

 

[Echohawk]

The poll is doubly meaningless because the only people who could say that the did pirate it would be someone who boarded a cargo ship in the middle of the sea and stole them.

I'm afraid that my dictionary disagrees with you:

piracy |ˈpīrəsē|
noun
the practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea.
• a similar practice in other contexts, esp. hijacking : air piracy.
• the unauthorized use or reproduction of another's work : software piracy.

Language evolves. "Piracy" might once have required ships, but that's the case no longer.

 

[the Jester]

Just before the release, a friend of one of the guys in my gaming group gave him a cd with the three not-quite-final pdfs on it, and he burned me a copy.

There was never any doubt whether I'd buy the books (all three on the release date- I'm that kind of geek).

I voted "Other", since I didn't pirate them myself but I ended up in possession of pirated copies of the books.

 

[DaveMage]

I've never pirated any gaming materials.

I don't even know how to use a torrent (never been to one).

Man, I feel old.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I've never pirated any gaming materials.

I don't even know how to use a torrent (never been to one).

Man, I feel old.

don't feel too bad, when 4e came out and people were talking about bit torrent leaks I had to go to wikiapedia to find out what people were talking about...

 

[Asmor]

I've pirated books I hadn't bought yet. Some I bought, some I didn't (because I had no intention of using them, e.g. campaign settings).

I've pirated books I had preordered and not yet received.

I've pirated books I already owned.

I like to have PDFs and physical copies of all books I intend to use. PDFs are better for prep, books are better for using at the table.