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Will WOTC's Ending PDF Sales Because of Pirating Increase Pirating of their Stuff?
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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowsong666" data-source="post: 4743883" data-attributes="member: 71808"><p>Oh - looks like i missed some good stuff the last days.</p><p></p><p>Well, i think the decision of WoTC is just absurd and doesn't help at all. It will not change piracy as it is and it won't stop pirates getting the WoTC products they want.</p><p></p><p>OK, so lets see how the things are going online for all the Star Wars Saga Edition stuff in the pirate world - quick info for the uninformed: there have been no official pdfs of SWSE ever.</p><p></p><p>Lets take a look at the <strong>download sites</strong>:</p><p>Mega, Rapid and what they are all called: You get the books - all of them.</p><p><strong>WotC was not able to stop piracy of their products - the not so digital ones...</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Lets take a look at the <strong>torrent</strong> world:</p><p>TPB as example: I am able to get all basic books of SWSE with a torrent.</p><p>Did they stop piracy with going the "no pdf way" - NO.</p><p></p><p>Lets take a look at the <strong>usenet</strong>:</p><p>After a quick search you are able to get all the basic things here too.</p><p>Again, WoTC did not stop piracy. Still you find all the pdfs online...</p><p></p><p>Grab a wayback machine and lets go - <strong>IRC</strong>.</p><p>Grab your brain, know your way in the internet and you find SWSE books getting distributed atm... </p><p><strong>Damn, still no way to stop piracy.</strong></p><p></p><p>Sorry WoTC, but i think robbing me of the ability to buy your PDFs online was a bad decision. You lost money. If i am not able to get the digital stuff from you i think i might look for another way. Hopefully, me and other people who go digital won't turn to piracy. But thats not in my hands, isn't it?</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Will it increase piracy?</strong></p><p>I do not think so - but what i know for sure: <strong>it will not increase sales</strong>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowsong666, post: 4743883, member: 71808"] Oh - looks like i missed some good stuff the last days. Well, i think the decision of WoTC is just absurd and doesn't help at all. It will not change piracy as it is and it won't stop pirates getting the WoTC products they want. OK, so lets see how the things are going online for all the Star Wars Saga Edition stuff in the pirate world - quick info for the uninformed: there have been no official pdfs of SWSE ever. Lets take a look at the [B]download sites[/B]: Mega, Rapid and what they are all called: You get the books - all of them. [B]WotC was not able to stop piracy of their products - the not so digital ones... [/B] Lets take a look at the [B]torrent[/B] world: TPB as example: I am able to get all basic books of SWSE with a torrent. Did they stop piracy with going the "no pdf way" - NO. Lets take a look at the [B]usenet[/B]: After a quick search you are able to get all the basic things here too. Again, WoTC did not stop piracy. Still you find all the pdfs online... Grab a wayback machine and lets go - [B]IRC[/B]. Grab your brain, know your way in the internet and you find SWSE books getting distributed atm... [B]Damn, still no way to stop piracy.[/B] Sorry WoTC, but i think robbing me of the ability to buy your PDFs online was a bad decision. You lost money. If i am not able to get the digital stuff from you i think i might look for another way. Hopefully, me and other people who go digital won't turn to piracy. But thats not in my hands, isn't it? [B] Will it increase piracy?[/B] I do not think so - but what i know for sure: [B]it will not increase sales[/B]. [/QUOTE]
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