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<blockquote data-quote="CovertOps" data-source="post: 5207738" data-attributes="member: 65152">Yes.&nbsp; There will always be piracy.&nbsp; The underlying assumption to your claim however is that a company has no influence on how much piracy there will be.WotC is NOT selling PDFs.&nbsp; Some guy has to scan the book and you wind up with a lower quality product.&nbsp; Piracy level A.WotC IS selling PDFs.&nbsp; This means that a full quality product is available.&nbsp; Piracy level B.You are suffering from the assumption that A == B.&nbsp; Similar to bootleg movies made by some guy with a camcorder in the theater, less people will want product A due to lack of quality (not searchable in this case).You also assume that all piracy is the same and therefore a valid comparison.&nbsp; Pirated software is full quality and so falls in to the Piracy level B category.&nbsp; Whichever option WotC takes determines if your comparison is valid.&nbsp; Currently it is not as WotC is pursuing option A.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CovertOps, post: 5207738, member: 65152"] Yes. There will always be piracy. The underlying assumption to your claim however is that a company has no influence on [b]how much[/b] piracy there will be. WotC is NOT selling PDFs. Some guy has to scan the book and you wind up with a lower quality product. Piracy level A. WotC IS selling PDFs. This means that a full quality product is available. Piracy level B. You are suffering from the assumption that A == B. Similar to bootleg movies made by some guy with a camcorder in the theater, less people will want product A due to lack of quality (not searchable in this case). You also assume that all piracy is the same and therefore a valid comparison. Pirated software is full quality and so falls in to the Piracy level B category. Whichever option WotC takes determines if your comparison is valid. Currently it is not as WotC is pursuing option A. [/QUOTE]

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