What they don't know...

[Reaper Steve]

... isn't a problem, right?

So, there I was, in a big box bookseller...

Clerk: "May I help you find something?"
Me: "I'm looking for a D&D player's handbook, but I don't see them on the shelves."
Clerk: "Hmmm, I'll go check the back."
A few minutes later, clerk returns with 4E versions of the three core books! And now I have a 4E PHB.
(I passed on the others since I have the gift set on order from Amazon. Never hurts to have an extra PHB, though.)

This early find has just ensured my sanity as I have something to digest while traveling literally half way around the world for the third time in five weeks when I go back to the Middle east on Tuesday.

 

[Nifft]

You, sir, deserve a cleverness award!

Cheers, -- N

 

[pawsplay]

Unauthorized distribution of a copyrighted work! You just turned someone into a felon!

 

[Reaper Steve]

Unauthorized distribution of a copyrighted work! You just turned someone into a felon!

Really?

 

[That One Guy]

I'm now very much tempted to try a few bookstores near by...

 

[Nifft]

Really?

(Not really. No felony was committed. Breach of contract is a civil matter.)

Cheers, -- N

 

[pawsplay]

Well, actually:

Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:

(1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords;

(2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work;

(3) to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;

(4) in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works, to perform the copyrighted work publicly;

(5) in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to display the copyrighted work publicly; and

(6) in the case of sound recordings, to perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.

 

[Nifft]

Well, actually:

Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:

(1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords;

(2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work;

(3) to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;

(4) in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works, to perform the copyrighted work publicly;

(5) in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to display the copyrighted work publicly; and

(6) in the case of sound recordings, to perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.

Now point out the part where the sentence is death or imprisonment exceeding one year. Then, you get a cookie.

-- N

 

[Reaper Steve]

Great, now I feel guilty.
Sure, I know the official release is in 6 days and I hoped my encounter would play out like it did. I wasn't duplicitous or misleading, even if I know there is a steet date. the same could have happened to 'Oblivious Joe' who doesn't even know there is a new edition. I asked for a book and they handed it to me. I also purchased the 3 previous 4E releases (both Wizards Presents and KotS) early because they were just sitting on the shelf.

Sorry, I faced a great temptation, and I failed my Will Save. Really, who could have made that save?

 

[Mark]

I think it could just be chalked up to supporting the troops. Be safe, Reaper Steve!