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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3243176" data-attributes="member: 22779">The thing is, the SRD is already available for free.As far as cut and paste goes, well, it doesn't take all that much time to write up the descriptions and post them on a wiki or whatever.&nbsp; Good grief, you are worried that this will somehow increase piracy?&nbsp; Come on.&nbsp; Anyone who wants to get D&amp;D books for free online can do so in about 3.5 seconds.&nbsp; Why would someone pay 5 bucks a month for the service?When I play World of Warcraft, I don't have to shell out hundreds of dollars on books to play.&nbsp; If I'm paying a subscription fee, why shouldn't I get access to the material?&nbsp; In the long run, it's far and away more profitable for WOTC to make it available.&nbsp; Every DM you draw pulls four or five players as well.&nbsp; A player base of a few hundred is certainly doable.&nbsp; That's more money in hand than most books will ever make, considering that an average campaign lasts for a year.&nbsp; Again, this is what I said it would take to make me pay for the service.&nbsp; Other than the books being online, every one of the things on my list above is available legally for free.&nbsp; That's a VERY large competition to face when you want people to pay for something.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 3243176, member: 22779"] The thing is, the SRD is already available for free. As far as cut and paste goes, well, it doesn't take all that much time to write up the descriptions and post them on a wiki or whatever. Good grief, you are worried that this will somehow increase piracy? Come on. Anyone who wants to get D&D books for free online can do so in about 3.5 seconds. Why would someone pay 5 bucks a month for the service? When I play World of Warcraft, I don't have to shell out hundreds of dollars on books to play. If I'm paying a subscription fee, why shouldn't I get access to the material? In the long run, it's far and away more profitable for WOTC to make it available. Every DM you draw pulls four or five players as well. A player base of a few hundred is certainly doable. That's more money in hand than most books will ever make, considering that an average campaign lasts for a year. Again, this is what I said it would take to make me pay for the service. Other than the books being online, every one of the things on my list above is available legally for free. That's a VERY large competition to face when you want people to pay for something. [/QUOTE]

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