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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Echohawk" data-source="post: 4681123" data-attributes="member: 9849">Sure, I understand that. What you are describing is the legal right to transform something you have purchased into another format. It makes sense that if you put the effort into transforming something you own into some other form, that you should be entitled to do so, and that you also be entitled to use that transformed work however you want (as long as you don't share it).But that doesn't equate to a legal right to automatically "have" the work in a different format (unless you transform it yourself). Buying a book doesn't give you a legal right to download the PDF of that book. It doesn't give you the legal right to download an audio book version of the same work. It doesn't give you the legal right to download the movie of the book.It is quite possible to be of the opinion that consumers should, morally, gain the right to download a book in a different format once they have purchased it. But legally, the only right you gain is the right to transform the work into a different format yourself.I think that WotC's PDFs are currently overpriced, and would love to see some mechanism for owners of the printed books to get a cheaper PDF. However, I have a bit of a moral problem with the line of thought that says "because the PDFs are overpriced, that makes it okay to download illegal copies, which I wouldn't do if they only cost $1". (I realise that you didn't say that at all Majoru Oakheart -- I'm just paraphrasing what seems to be the philosophy of some posters, and borrowing your $1 price point to make the point.)I'd really like to see WotC reexplore the idea of a PDF activation code in the printed books, possibly linking that to a DDI subscription to try to reduce fraud. I know that there are several logistical problems inherent in that model, but it seems like the right way to go in the long-term.</blockquote>

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