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<blockquote data-quote="Icarus Dreams" data-source="post: 7274650" data-attributes="member: 6808224"><p><s>First off: any non-srd content cannot, from their POV, be allowed to stay on the internet outside their direct control. If they don't go after sites like orcpub, they WILL lose the rights to go after anyone else using the same information as orcpub. Which it sounds like is everything. If they let orcpub keep doing its thing, they set a legal precedent that allows everyone to do it too. There'd be no reason, for a number of people, to buy the books. Everything would be online, completely free, and 100% legal. That is not how you do business, even if many or most people still buy things.</s></p><p></p><p>As pointed out by Morrus, this is a myth. <em>Trademark</em> needs to be protected, copyright doesn't. A quick explanation for the difference can be found at the bottom of the post to keep others from proposing the same misinformation. Thanks for the swift correction!</p><p></p><p>This is not a question of making you buy things twice. As pointed out above, WotC has to pay different people different amounts based on what format the book is bought in. Physical books have the printers and possibly the distributers to pay, and digital has to pay whatever platform it's on. This is no different than me having to buy New Vegas a second time when I made the switch to PC. I owned the game, but I owned it from an entirely different distribution network. Even if they wanted to, I doubt they would have been able to give me a discount on the Steam version because of agreements with Valve. I'd assume the same thing goes with the Beyond stuff.</p><p></p><p>This is not a case of corporate greed. It's a case of either consumer ignorance or consumer entitlement. I like to assume the best of people, so I'm going to assume you aren't of the opinion that because you bought the book in one format, with all the fees and agreements that entails, that you are entitled to that content in another format, with the different fees and agreements that entails. Having a Harry Potter book on my bookshelf doesn't entitle me to the ebook or the audiobook versions, because that's not what I bought. It entitles me to the physical print copy in my hands, and that's what I get.</p><p></p><p>I AM NOT A LAWYER. The information contained in this post comes from research done by a hobbiest of law, and you should consult a real, Bar certified lawyer before acting on the information contained herein. Also, real lawyers: correct my <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />ups. I like having correct information.</p><p></p><p>Correction of the myth from <a href="https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/stopping-internet-plagiarism/your-copyrights-online/3-copyright-myths/" target="_blank">plagiarismtoday.com</a> with some minor readability changes:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Icarus Dreams, post: 7274650, member: 6808224"] [s]First off: any non-srd content cannot, from their POV, be allowed to stay on the internet outside their direct control. If they don't go after sites like orcpub, they WILL lose the rights to go after anyone else using the same information as orcpub. Which it sounds like is everything. If they let orcpub keep doing its thing, they set a legal precedent that allows everyone to do it too. There'd be no reason, for a number of people, to buy the books. Everything would be online, completely free, and 100% legal. That is not how you do business, even if many or most people still buy things.[/s] As pointed out by Morrus, this is a myth. [I]Trademark[/I] needs to be protected, copyright doesn't. A quick explanation for the difference can be found at the bottom of the post to keep others from proposing the same misinformation. Thanks for the swift correction! This is not a question of making you buy things twice. As pointed out above, WotC has to pay different people different amounts based on what format the book is bought in. Physical books have the printers and possibly the distributers to pay, and digital has to pay whatever platform it's on. This is no different than me having to buy New Vegas a second time when I made the switch to PC. I owned the game, but I owned it from an entirely different distribution network. Even if they wanted to, I doubt they would have been able to give me a discount on the Steam version because of agreements with Valve. I'd assume the same thing goes with the Beyond stuff. This is not a case of corporate greed. It's a case of either consumer ignorance or consumer entitlement. I like to assume the best of people, so I'm going to assume you aren't of the opinion that because you bought the book in one format, with all the fees and agreements that entails, that you are entitled to that content in another format, with the different fees and agreements that entails. Having a Harry Potter book on my bookshelf doesn't entitle me to the ebook or the audiobook versions, because that's not what I bought. It entitles me to the physical print copy in my hands, and that's what I get. I AM NOT A LAWYER. The information contained in this post comes from research done by a hobbiest of law, and you should consult a real, Bar certified lawyer before acting on the information contained herein. Also, real lawyers: correct my :):):):)ups. I like having correct information. Correction of the myth from [URL="https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/stopping-internet-plagiarism/your-copyrights-online/3-copyright-myths/"]plagiarismtoday.com[/URL] with some minor readability changes: [/QUOTE]
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