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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeff Wilder" data-source="post: 3370581" data-attributes="member: 5122">Okay, so if I accept that a $20 hardbound book and a $20 PDF each have different value, over and above the value of the content ... why do I have to pay full value for the content again, if I already own one or the other?I'd love to have bookmarked PDFs of all my 3.5 WotC products, and I'd pay something for them ... but I am sure as hell not going to pay anywhere close to full price for format-shifted material I already own.  No more than I pay for mp3s rather than rip them from CDs I've bought.Is it piracy if I scan my own books?  Is it piracy if I accept scans of books that I own?If WotC is truly becoming enlightened to the idea that DRM doesn't stop piracy and that their customers aren't thieves, why not dual-price PDF titles?  A higher price if the buyer doesn't already own the book, and a substantially lower price for those who do.</blockquote>