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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nnms" data-source="post: 5367381" data-attributes="member: 83293">Ripping the compendium is actually quite straight forward.  It's just a data base.  You either have to know SQL and PHP enough to do it yourself or use a package that people have made to do it for you.All I can really say is that people are doing it right now.  And that such a package exists.  Another package floating around torrent sites has the data to a certain date already extracted.I have not done it myself but I definitely pay attention to file sharing.I think we're bumping up against what's off limits for discussion here at Enworld though.  Anyone looking for a place to discuss this theoretical matter further should probably search google for offline ddi compendium forum rather than talk about it here.Technically, when you sign up for DDI you agree not to do things like rip it with an automated program.  While Wizards probably won't be able to prove damages or go after you in any real fashion, they could certainly refuse your patronage as a DDI customer and cancel your account for doing something like this.</blockquote>