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<blockquote data-quote="Yair" data-source="post: 2720470" data-attributes="member: 10913"><p>When I purchase a book, RPG or otherwise, it has little to do with doing it because it is <em>legal</em>. </p><p>I've recently been to a store when a man was buying a pack of DVDs, and told the clerk the price on the package was wrong - it was way too low. The clerk was confused about it, but the man insisted and so he checked it out.</p><p>By our laws, he could have forced the store to sell to him the product at the published price (at a loss, the price was really low). He could have purchased 10 such packs. He didn't. He did the right thing, not the legal thing.</p><p></p><p>Contrary to another poster's opinion on this thread, I do believe that most people will do the right thing most of the time. I also believe most adults realize that if no one supports some enterprise commercially it will fail, and are inclined to purchase or donate for a cause, to maintain their hobbies, and so on.</p><p></p><p>I am a huge fan of Ars Magica. I purchase a lot of it, and as John Nephew said I do this knowing this is a way to support the game I love, so that the company would be rewarded and will make more for it. </p><p>I have friends that use downloaded materials in our games. I occasionally nudge them to purchase what they are using, using the same arguments. </p><p>I don't tell them to purchase stuff because it's legal. Insisting that downloading is illegal and hence wrong and pursuing people for downloading won't make you more sales, and won't lower downloading.</p><p></p><p>Contrary to the link's writer, I don't think many RPG downloaders think downloading is legal. There are some, for sure, but I think that's largely limited to the young and is more prevalent in the music and video downloads community. I think the bulk of RPG downloaders are more knowledgable. They might think it's <em>alright</em> for any number of reasons, or they may just not care, but I doubt if the majority of filesharers is not aware that their actions are illegal. </p><p>At least, that has been my experience with my gaming friends, but we're old.</p><p></p><p>I admit I am biased in favor of filesharing, I don't think I can say more on that under these forum's rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yair, post: 2720470, member: 10913"] When I purchase a book, RPG or otherwise, it has little to do with doing it because it is [i]legal[/i]. I've recently been to a store when a man was buying a pack of DVDs, and told the clerk the price on the package was wrong - it was way too low. The clerk was confused about it, but the man insisted and so he checked it out. By our laws, he could have forced the store to sell to him the product at the published price (at a loss, the price was really low). He could have purchased 10 such packs. He didn't. He did the right thing, not the legal thing. Contrary to another poster's opinion on this thread, I do believe that most people will do the right thing most of the time. I also believe most adults realize that if no one supports some enterprise commercially it will fail, and are inclined to purchase or donate for a cause, to maintain their hobbies, and so on. I am a huge fan of Ars Magica. I purchase a lot of it, and as John Nephew said I do this knowing this is a way to support the game I love, so that the company would be rewarded and will make more for it. I have friends that use downloaded materials in our games. I occasionally nudge them to purchase what they are using, using the same arguments. I don't tell them to purchase stuff because it's legal. Insisting that downloading is illegal and hence wrong and pursuing people for downloading won't make you more sales, and won't lower downloading. Contrary to the link's writer, I don't think many RPG downloaders think downloading is legal. There are some, for sure, but I think that's largely limited to the young and is more prevalent in the music and video downloads community. I think the bulk of RPG downloaders are more knowledgable. They might think it's [i]alright[/i] for any number of reasons, or they may just not care, but I doubt if the majority of filesharers is not aware that their actions are illegal. At least, that has been my experience with my gaming friends, but we're old. I admit I am biased in favor of filesharing, I don't think I can say more on that under these forum's rules. [/QUOTE]
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