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<blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 3983147" data-attributes="member: 2732"><p>From what I gather, you were specifically targeting the people who purchased the SRD. It's not within Clark Peterson's, Erik Mona's, or whomever else is interested in publishing product to go against the license. Despite their ability to pay, I'm sure the staff working on the adventures is really small and thus they could be trustworthy.</p><p></p><p>There are enough controls in place to prevent the piracy on this end. A $5000 fee, an NDA, print-only media, and the requirement of a business license--which means you must register as a company according to state and federal laws, which means providing real information, tax information, etc...basically preventing you from being anonymous. </p><p></p><p>If there are any "leaks", I happen to think it would more likely be a scan of the final books rather than any preview versions. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Post Office people have great benefits and are usually paid relatively well. Also, doing that is a serious Federal Crime, with penalties probably worse than those faced for Piracy. I'm not sure how UPS or FedEx handle that, but rest assured, any reputable courier has a lot of protections to prevent this kind of tampering. There are security cameras, for instance, auditing, etc. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I was thinking more of this piece of news: <a href="http://www.livedaily.com/news/13446.html" target="_blank">http://www.livedaily.com/news/13446.html</a> , as well as a blog from a while back <a href="http://nick.typepad.com/blog/2004/01/on_piracy.html" target="_blank">http://nick.typepad.com/blog/2004/01/on_piracy.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's become politically incorrect nowadays for people to praise copyright or the like, so I'm not sure how common my attitude is. Regardless, speaking from seeing other "revolutions" fizzle out, such as my own experiences as well as reviewing history, I doubt we will see an abolishment of copyright in this lifetime. You might see lesser restrictions but I doubt IP is going away, despite what fans of Stallman and Lessig think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnRTroy, post: 3983147, member: 2732"] From what I gather, you were specifically targeting the people who purchased the SRD. It's not within Clark Peterson's, Erik Mona's, or whomever else is interested in publishing product to go against the license. Despite their ability to pay, I'm sure the staff working on the adventures is really small and thus they could be trustworthy. There are enough controls in place to prevent the piracy on this end. A $5000 fee, an NDA, print-only media, and the requirement of a business license--which means you must register as a company according to state and federal laws, which means providing real information, tax information, etc...basically preventing you from being anonymous. If there are any "leaks", I happen to think it would more likely be a scan of the final books rather than any preview versions. Post Office people have great benefits and are usually paid relatively well. Also, doing that is a serious Federal Crime, with penalties probably worse than those faced for Piracy. I'm not sure how UPS or FedEx handle that, but rest assured, any reputable courier has a lot of protections to prevent this kind of tampering. There are security cameras, for instance, auditing, etc. I was thinking more of this piece of news: [url]http://www.livedaily.com/news/13446.html[/url] , as well as a blog from a while back [url]http://nick.typepad.com/blog/2004/01/on_piracy.html[/url] It's become politically incorrect nowadays for people to praise copyright or the like, so I'm not sure how common my attitude is. Regardless, speaking from seeing other "revolutions" fizzle out, such as my own experiences as well as reviewing history, I doubt we will see an abolishment of copyright in this lifetime. You might see lesser restrictions but I doubt IP is going away, despite what fans of Stallman and Lessig think. [/QUOTE]
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