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<blockquote data-quote="Aristotle" data-source="post: 1588605" data-attributes="member: 5885"><p>I said it was a valid complaint and that, hopefully, the technology will be developed for alternative operating systems (I'm sorry that Windows is the standard, but it is). The only thing I was disregarding was the idea that folks would obstain from buying simply because their work computers were not allowed to be updated to the newest version of the software that they already have on their systems. That just seems silly to me on so many levels... Perhaps digital game materials aren't really being marketed to them.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It isn't that I don't grasp your first point, I simply find it to be false. In my experience the customer is only right about 50% of the time. As for point two. Good luck, because the contracts with this distributor are supposedly "exclusive" so there isn't another (legal) source for the same digital media available to you. It's either this or print. And I'm sure the publisher will be happy to have your money from either sale.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>4th amendment rights? I'm not going to get into that as it violates the terms of service of these forums, but I *really* think your reaching there.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The rules on print documents are typically more restrictive than those on digital documents. These digital documents can be moved from computer to computer, can be printed, and can be (with limits) *directly* coppied and pasted from. How are your printed documents less restrictive? PLEASE someone post me a list of pros and cons <u>specific to how the digital content is more restricted than the print</u>? I really fail to see it. Please put it into perspective for me. </p><p></p><p>Most of my print books only come with permission (written in small print) to copy specific pages (i.e. at the bottom of character sheets). It seems to me that the publisher is saying you don't have permission to do so with the rest. If you want the text in two places you can buy the printed book twice. With these PDFs I can have one on my desktop for reference, one on my laptop for games, and one or more printed coppies laying around for reference or to let my players reference at games. How horribly restricted.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure, although I've worked network security. It doesn't matter what systems are in place. If your in a computer system there is a legitimate risk of this happening. It has the potential of happening on ANY site, so you would have the same risk buying PDFs from ANY site.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aristotle, post: 1588605, member: 5885"] I said it was a valid complaint and that, hopefully, the technology will be developed for alternative operating systems (I'm sorry that Windows is the standard, but it is). The only thing I was disregarding was the idea that folks would obstain from buying simply because their work computers were not allowed to be updated to the newest version of the software that they already have on their systems. That just seems silly to me on so many levels... Perhaps digital game materials aren't really being marketed to them. It isn't that I don't grasp your first point, I simply find it to be false. In my experience the customer is only right about 50% of the time. As for point two. Good luck, because the contracts with this distributor are supposedly "exclusive" so there isn't another (legal) source for the same digital media available to you. It's either this or print. And I'm sure the publisher will be happy to have your money from either sale. 4th amendment rights? I'm not going to get into that as it violates the terms of service of these forums, but I *really* think your reaching there. The rules on print documents are typically more restrictive than those on digital documents. These digital documents can be moved from computer to computer, can be printed, and can be (with limits) *directly* coppied and pasted from. How are your printed documents less restrictive? PLEASE someone post me a list of pros and cons [U]specific to how the digital content is more restricted than the print[/U]? I really fail to see it. Please put it into perspective for me. Most of my print books only come with permission (written in small print) to copy specific pages (i.e. at the bottom of character sheets). It seems to me that the publisher is saying you don't have permission to do so with the rest. If you want the text in two places you can buy the printed book twice. With these PDFs I can have one on my desktop for reference, one on my laptop for games, and one or more printed coppies laying around for reference or to let my players reference at games. How horribly restricted. Sure, although I've worked network security. It doesn't matter what systems are in place. If your in a computer system there is a legitimate risk of this happening. It has the potential of happening on ANY site, so you would have the same risk buying PDFs from ANY site. [/QUOTE]
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