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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Digital M@" data-source="post: 2722509" data-attributes="member: 13987">I can see why pirating gets to writers and deisgners but the question still remains, how much does it impact business?All of the large WotC books are available on the web and I am willing to bet that they are downloaded a lot.  But, on the opposite side of the coin, who is going to read through 150+ pages of online material?  It is just as expensive to print it as it is to buy it, or close enough that only a fool would do it more than once. The person now has 1 of 3 things: 1.  A mostly worthless file sitting on his computer 2. a copy of something they used to determine the purchasability of a product or 3. A digital backup of what they already own.  This impacts a WotC as much as stealing a pack of underwear from Hanes.  Note, it is just as wrong as any form of theft.The smaller publisher and .pdf publisher are more financially impacted by this theft.It is theft no matter how you look at it or try to justify it.  If you steal from someplace or someone and they never know you took something, it is still selfish theft.</blockquote>