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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shemeska" data-source="post: 4678309" data-attributes="member: 11697">Just as an aside to the thread:There are a rather massive number of (presumably) pirated pdfs of books for various games floating around a few members of my group (generally used for quick reference at the table, and in many cases a physical copy of the book is owned, often prior to the pirating from what I've seen of their book collection).Yet... the only thing the one big culprit has ever had happen to them was a C&D from Marvel Comics. Not the RIAA, not the MPAA, but Marvel. What's funny is that the comic book scans said person has given me over the years has made various comic companies a metric ton of money because it hooked me on about five or six comics I now have getting pulled at the local comic store for me.Reading for pleasure on pdfs is hard on my eyes, so even if you gave me a free copy of a comic book scan or an rpg book, if I seriously like it and I would use it, I'll buy a print copy. White Wolf, Shadowrun, and others have made an obscene amount of money off of me in the past two years because of my being introduced to various books and/or game lines through pirated pdfs handed to me by members of my gaming group.Judge as you will, but in this instance, the illegality of it all ultimately benefited all involved.</blockquote>