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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 4745622" data-attributes="member: 2732">But in that thread about Lorraine Williams, you stated yourself that "gamers deserve to be dismissed sometimes".  It's a little ironic that you're getting upset now because somebody is dismissing your POV.  I think the big thing in those threads are just people getting "meh" about WoTC decisions, since in the past few years they've been doing a lot to alienate people, from releasing 4e and losing some fans, to the GSL fiasco (I no problems with the GSL instead of the OGL, but they did really botch vendor/partner relations with that).  And maybe some people wondering how big the PDF market is compared to the print market.This comes up everytime piracy is discussed.  However, we have sales forecasting--algebra, calculus, logic, statistics, etc., that can help predict trends and can predict things with a high level of accuracy.  While we can't always predict the weather or financial markets with 100% accuracy, we can make good judgement calls.  If we couldn't, nobody with an education would be able to get anywhere in those professions.In some cases, educated guesses are all that are needed.  Hell, Scientific theories can't always be proven 100%.  Believes in Intelligent Design like to say that Evolution is "just a theory", but scientific theories are more than a hypothesis and can usually be tested.So, I think businesses predicting costs of piracy are not just pie in the sky figures or FUD.Isn't "Joethelawyer" a Lawyer?  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/worried.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-S" title="Uhm    :-S" data-shortname=":-S" />Regarding the law, I tried to look up the cases on PACER and they aren't showing up.  I couldn't enter the numbers MerricB copied her from Wizards, as they weren't the exact format, but I don't see any cases in the Western Washington PACER system.  The only reason they should be omitted would I guess be if the court records were ordered sealed, but I'm not sure this case qualifies as one to be sealed.  Could a real lawyer explain why these records wouldn't show up in PACER?</blockquote>

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