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<blockquote data-quote="Dannager" data-source="post: 7661006" data-attributes="member: 73683">Do you honestly not understand why we consider your expectations a little ridiculous? You're saying that someone can steal WotC's intellectual property, sell it, and force WotC to compete with its own property, and that you support this!I mean, you even argued that tacking on a Dungeon or Dragon subscription might entice you. What if the IP-stealing app dude took the PDFs of Dragon and Dungeon and added those to his app? What's to stop him from doing exactly that with every value-add WotC tries to use to avoid having its market devoured by someone undercutting them with their own property?Hell, imagine that you sold cakes, and that you baked 10 cakes every day. Imagine that someone came in the middle of the night, every night, and stole 5 of your cakes. Imagine that he then sold those cakes for $1.00 per cake. Imagine that you normally charge $10.00 per cake to cover your costs. Imagine that he set up shop, with your cakes, right next door. And - here's the kicker - imagine that people are telling you that you shouldn't do anything about him stealing your cakes and selling them, and that you are the unethical one for trying to fight back!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannager, post: 7661006, member: 73683"] Do you honestly not understand why we consider your expectations a little ridiculous? You're saying that someone can steal WotC's intellectual property, [B][I]sell it[/I][/B], and force WotC to compete [B][I]with its own property[/I][/B], and that you support this! I mean, you even argued that tacking on a Dungeon or Dragon subscription might entice you. What if the IP-stealing app dude took the PDFs of Dragon and Dungeon and added those to his app? What's to stop him from doing exactly that with [B][I]every[/I][/B] value-add WotC tries to use to avoid having its market devoured by someone undercutting them with their own property? Hell, imagine that you sold cakes, and that you baked 10 cakes every day. Imagine that someone came in the middle of the night, every night, and stole 5 of your cakes. Imagine that he then sold those cakes for $1.00 per cake. Imagine that you normally charge $10.00 per cake to cover your costs. Imagine that he set up shop, [B][I]with your cakes[/I][/B], right next door. And - here's the kicker - imagine that people are telling you that you shouldn't do anything about him stealing your cakes and selling them, and that [B][I]you[/I][/B] are the unethical one for trying to fight back! [/QUOTE]

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