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<blockquote data-quote="TheYeti1775" data-source="post: 2731654" data-attributes="member: 20914"><p><strong>Not faulty logic</strong></p><p></p><p>The law sees no difference in knowing it's 'stolen' or not knowing. So the logic isn't faulty.</p><p>The same principle applies to Pawn Shops as well.</p><p></p><p>And I'm not saying the Technology Provider either. I'm saying the provider/dealer/salesman, the one providing the material in question, should be the one prosecuted.</p><p></p><p>You walk down the street and someone hands you a mint condition 1e Dieties and Demigod and says nothing and runs off and your caught with it. Should you be prosecuted for it?</p><p></p><p>You google something like PHB, looking a review, instead find a download. How many of you wouldn't download it?</p><p></p><p>This arguement could run forever and a day, and will lead nowhere but further division in an industry that doesn't need it.</p><p>Somewhere there is a happy medium and no one has yet to find it.</p><p>As the prices go up, your downloading will go up. Simple fact of life in our world today, most do not care about morals.</p><p></p><p>Now for as far as not paying for intellectual items, I will submit another for you to mull over.</p><p>You borrow Races of Stone from someone, you use some feats and skills from it. Give it back to the original owner, but you continue to use the feats and skills in another game the original owner isn't in. Guess what you just stole intellectual property by many of the arguements that have appeared in this theard. No you didn't copy the whole book, by hand or electronically. But you did take from it what you needed, transferring by another media (this case your hand notes) and used it. Now you find the book online in someones unprotected server, you browse it take a couple of notes. Use it in a game same thing. You didn't 'download' it only looked at. </p><p></p><p>Next arguement you have the physical book, is it wrong to have a copy electronically too? if you didn't pay for the electronic one?</p><p></p><p>Now don't go getting all upset, I like a good devil's advocate role.</p><p></p><p>Yeti</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheYeti1775, post: 2731654, member: 20914"] [b]Not faulty logic[/b] The law sees no difference in knowing it's 'stolen' or not knowing. So the logic isn't faulty. The same principle applies to Pawn Shops as well. And I'm not saying the Technology Provider either. I'm saying the provider/dealer/salesman, the one providing the material in question, should be the one prosecuted. You walk down the street and someone hands you a mint condition 1e Dieties and Demigod and says nothing and runs off and your caught with it. Should you be prosecuted for it? You google something like PHB, looking a review, instead find a download. How many of you wouldn't download it? This arguement could run forever and a day, and will lead nowhere but further division in an industry that doesn't need it. Somewhere there is a happy medium and no one has yet to find it. As the prices go up, your downloading will go up. Simple fact of life in our world today, most do not care about morals. Now for as far as not paying for intellectual items, I will submit another for you to mull over. You borrow Races of Stone from someone, you use some feats and skills from it. Give it back to the original owner, but you continue to use the feats and skills in another game the original owner isn't in. Guess what you just stole intellectual property by many of the arguements that have appeared in this theard. No you didn't copy the whole book, by hand or electronically. But you did take from it what you needed, transferring by another media (this case your hand notes) and used it. Now you find the book online in someones unprotected server, you browse it take a couple of notes. Use it in a game same thing. You didn't 'download' it only looked at. Next arguement you have the physical book, is it wrong to have a copy electronically too? if you didn't pay for the electronic one? Now don't go getting all upset, I like a good devil's advocate role. Yeti [/QUOTE]
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