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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="Scribble" data-source="post: 4877579" data-attributes="member: 23977"><p>I don't think it will increase it. It might cause SOME to start pirating that wouldn't have before, but I think overall it will lessen the extent their new material (that they make the most money on) is pirated.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Personally, I use pdfs for several reasons other then portability. For instance ability to cut/paste parts of the document into other documents is the top benefit I find. Ability to search being a close second. </p><p></p><p>A lot of the pirated copies I've heard of or seen first hand are just scans of the book, with no attempt at OCRing done. For someone like me, this is pointless. It doesn't have the functionality I want to make a pdf worth it and often they're also very LARGE file sizes (because they're just a bunch of pictures really.)</p><p></p><p>Sure it's not going to outright STOP all pirating, I think it's absurd to think it would. There are plenty of people out there who just want a free book, or they aren't even intending to use it (they simply pirate for the thrill of pirating.) These people will continue downloading the poorly scanned file as they've always done.</p><p></p><p></p><p>What I think it WILL do is stop the people who otherwise wouldn't mind spending money on a product they enjoy, but the allure of a free quality copy instantly at their fingertips is just too great.</p><p></p><p>I think what Wizards saw was that when they started offering high quality PDFs this group increased. It was just making it way to easy to aquire a good copy that serve all the functions they would otherwise pay for.</p><p></p><p>Sure I'm sure there are high quality scans out there still, but I can guarantee it's much harder for people to find those, and in many cases for this group it's probably more trouble then it's worth when for only a small price, they can get the functionality (most of it anyway) they got from pdfs through something like the ddi.</p><p></p><p>Just my thoughts anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scribble, post: 4877579, member: 23977"] I don't think it will increase it. It might cause SOME to start pirating that wouldn't have before, but I think overall it will lessen the extent their new material (that they make the most money on) is pirated. Personally, I use pdfs for several reasons other then portability. For instance ability to cut/paste parts of the document into other documents is the top benefit I find. Ability to search being a close second. A lot of the pirated copies I've heard of or seen first hand are just scans of the book, with no attempt at OCRing done. For someone like me, this is pointless. It doesn't have the functionality I want to make a pdf worth it and often they're also very LARGE file sizes (because they're just a bunch of pictures really.) Sure it's not going to outright STOP all pirating, I think it's absurd to think it would. There are plenty of people out there who just want a free book, or they aren't even intending to use it (they simply pirate for the thrill of pirating.) These people will continue downloading the poorly scanned file as they've always done. What I think it WILL do is stop the people who otherwise wouldn't mind spending money on a product they enjoy, but the allure of a free quality copy instantly at their fingertips is just too great. I think what Wizards saw was that when they started offering high quality PDFs this group increased. It was just making it way to easy to aquire a good copy that serve all the functions they would otherwise pay for. Sure I'm sure there are high quality scans out there still, but I can guarantee it's much harder for people to find those, and in many cases for this group it's probably more trouble then it's worth when for only a small price, they can get the functionality (most of it anyway) they got from pdfs through something like the ddi. Just my thoughts anyway. [/QUOTE]
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