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<blockquote data-quote="Terramotus" data-source="post: 4251634" data-attributes="member: 7220">Yeah, I think they should.&nbsp; Release dates are there to make sure that those further down on the distribution line don't have their sales unfairly hurt by others who happen to be closer.&nbsp; My understanding is that the problem is that issues like this are normally handled by the selling company penalizing the companies that break the street date by not giving them future product until after everyone else.The thing is, some companies don't have many big releases, so that's not much of a threat.&nbsp; It's quite possible that Buy.com made a decision that they'll make far more off of breaking the street date than they'll lose in delayed future releases.As it is, Amazon and any other places that are sitting on the books, including the troubled FLGS's are getting shafted.Just to be clear, people pirating the books may or may not be.&nbsp; Distribution is illegal, but depending on the method of piracy, there may not have been any distribution by the individuals who pirated the books.&nbsp; They'd be open to a civil lawsuit by Hasbro, but that's it.That's not to defend them at all - they have no leg to stand on, morally.&nbsp; Widespread piracy makes it difficult to make a living at selling creative works, something I hope to do one day.&nbsp; But calling it &quot;criminal&quot; or &quot;against the law&quot; plays right into the hands of the people out there who want to demonize piracy as being a much bigger problem than it is so they can gain powers of surveillance that are probably unconstitutional and certainly undreamed of by previous generations, and by the media companies who want to do away with your existing fair use rights to further their own profits.&nbsp; Don't let them do it.&nbsp; A world where piracy is impossible would be worse than any past totalitarian state.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Terramotus, post: 4251634, member: 7220"] Yeah, I think they should. Release dates are there to make sure that those further down on the distribution line don't have their sales unfairly hurt by others who happen to be closer. My understanding is that the problem is that issues like this are normally handled by the selling company penalizing the companies that break the street date by not giving them future product until after everyone else. The thing is, some companies don't have many big releases, so that's not much of a threat. It's quite possible that Buy.com made a decision that they'll make far more off of breaking the street date than they'll lose in delayed future releases. As it is, Amazon and any other places that are sitting on the books, including the troubled FLGS's are getting shafted. Just to be clear, people pirating the books may or may not be. Distribution is illegal, but depending on the method of piracy, there may not have been any distribution by the individuals who pirated the books. They'd be open to a civil lawsuit by Hasbro, but that's it. That's not to defend them at all - they have no leg to stand on, morally. Widespread piracy makes it difficult to make a living at selling creative works, something I hope to do one day. But calling it "criminal" or "against the law" plays right into the hands of the people out there who want to demonize piracy as being a much bigger problem than it is so they can gain powers of surveillance that are probably unconstitutional and certainly undreamed of by previous generations, and by the media companies who want to do away with your existing fair use rights to further their own profits. Don't let them do it. A world where piracy is impossible would be worse than any past totalitarian state. [/QUOTE]

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