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<blockquote data-quote="Jim Hague" data-source="post: 2723832" data-attributes="member: 17550">There's a few problems with this:1) It takes time and effort (which equals money) to protect a document in that fashion.&nbsp; Most RPG companies run with razor-thin margins and minimal staff, so producing a full-sized preview isn't cost effective.2) Any trialware I can think of can be as easily subverted by someone with a knowledge of the reader or software as it could be scanned...easier, perhaps.&nbsp; So again, you end up with said documents ending up on filesharing services and again, sales are lost.&nbsp; Quality is an issue, but I've seen some scanned books, and frankly it's not much different.So what you end up with is lose-lose for the publisher - they've made it easier to steal their IP, and has been amply demonstrated, there's plenty of folks who think it's ok to steal from the blind newsboy.&nbsp; Witness Stephen King's attempt to put The Plant up along the micropayments model.&nbsp; Within days, any documents posted hit the filesharing networks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jim Hague, post: 2723832, member: 17550"] There's a few problems with this: 1) It takes time and effort (which equals money) to protect a document in that fashion. Most RPG companies run with razor-thin margins and minimal staff, so producing a full-sized preview isn't cost effective. 2) Any trialware I can think of can be as easily subverted by someone with a knowledge of the reader or software as it could be scanned...easier, perhaps. So again, you end up with said documents ending up on filesharing services and again, sales are lost. Quality is an issue, but I've seen some scanned books, and frankly it's not much different. So what you end up with is lose-lose for the publisher - they've made it [i]easier[/i] to steal their IP, and has been amply demonstrated, there's plenty of folks who think it's ok to steal from the blind newsboy. Witness Stephen King's attempt to put [i]The Plant[/i] up along the micropayments model. Within days, any documents posted hit the filesharing networks. [/QUOTE]

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