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<blockquote data-quote="Castellan" data-source="post: 1925727" data-attributes="member: 639"><p>Yes, but I believe the point being made above is that (in general) they're images and not searchable text. Granted, there are some pretty resourceful folks out there using OCR software to solve that problem, but hard drive sizes being what they are, most folks who are likely to pirate the books probably don't care. (I also suspect that a lot of the piracy issue is still one of bragging rights more than one of usefulness.)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, I clearly got a knot jerked in my tail quick about that. I believe that the issues of electronic downloads and cost are inexorably linked, but I'll let it go.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I suspect this is against WotC policy, but it's worth some consideration. I wonder how Monte Cook is doing, considering he chose to do this with Arcana Unearthed? And, given that he's only one man (though I wouldn't put it past him to purchase a few <em>clone</em> spells...) it's clear that the only necessary resources for doing this come in the planning/layout phase of the actual document.</p><p></p><p>And if WotC (and other companies, for that matter) did this, it might stop people like me from whining about DTRPG prices. (Hey, I can dream... right?)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Castellan, post: 1925727, member: 639"] Yes, but I believe the point being made above is that (in general) they're images and not searchable text. Granted, there are some pretty resourceful folks out there using OCR software to solve that problem, but hard drive sizes being what they are, most folks who are likely to pirate the books probably don't care. (I also suspect that a lot of the piracy issue is still one of bragging rights more than one of usefulness.) Well, I clearly got a knot jerked in my tail quick about that. I believe that the issues of electronic downloads and cost are inexorably linked, but I'll let it go. I suspect this is against WotC policy, but it's worth some consideration. I wonder how Monte Cook is doing, considering he chose to do this with Arcana Unearthed? And, given that he's only one man (though I wouldn't put it past him to purchase a few [i]clone[/i] spells...) it's clear that the only necessary resources for doing this come in the planning/layout phase of the actual document. And if WotC (and other companies, for that matter) did this, it might stop people like me from whining about DTRPG prices. (Hey, I can dream... right?) [/QUOTE]
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