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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4750034" data-attributes="member: 710">We should really create the RPG equivalent of the RIAA. Then we would finally have someone that we can put on all our collective hatred on!(I mean someone besides WotC <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> )---I don't know if there is anything effective to to do. I suppose a stronger DRM might be the way to go, but don't think that won't piss some customers off (because DRM always reduces the usability), and that pirates can't break it.I think the biggest advantage you have with DRM is that your time to market is better than that of the pirated version. The advantage of only relying on print books is that the quality of the pirated version will likely be worse (Scanning, OCR, Indexing all require extra effort). Print only means you can never make money from people that want/need a digital version, DRM means you have a lower usability than possible and the pirates can beat you there.Time to Market can be important for two reasons1) Some people want their product _now_, not at a later time when they can dig up the book on bittorrent.2) Some people might get a pirated version and decide not to buy a legal version since they either didn't like what they found or are not motivated enough to spend money on a product they technically already own.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 4750034, member: 710"] We should really create the RPG equivalent of the RIAA. Then we would finally have someone that we can put on all our collective hatred on! (I mean someone besides WotC ;) ) --- I don't know if there is anything effective to to do. I suppose a stronger DRM might be the way to go, but don't think that won't piss some customers off (because DRM always reduces the usability), and that pirates can't break it. I think the biggest advantage you have with DRM is that your time to market is better than that of the pirated version. The advantage of only relying on print books is that the quality of the pirated version will likely be worse (Scanning, OCR, Indexing all require extra effort). Print only means you can never make money from people that want/need a digital version, DRM means you have a lower usability than possible and the pirates can beat you there. Time to Market can be important for two reasons 1) Some people want their product _now_, not at a later time when they can dig up the book on bittorrent. 2) Some people might get a pirated version and decide not to buy a legal version since they either didn't like what they found or are not motivated enough to spend money on a product they technically already own. [/QUOTE]

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