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WotC halts sales/downloads from rpgnow.com

Started by Drohem, April 06, 2009, 05:28:51 PM

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Drohem

April 06, 2009, 05:28:51 PM
This is from a thread over on rpg.net.

Apparently, at least currently, this includes re-downloads.  I wonder why, but I know that we'll probably never get a satisfactory answer.

jeff37923

#1
April 06, 2009, 05:33:19 PM
Well now, this is very interesting...
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RPGPundit

#2
April 06, 2009, 05:34:28 PM
Dick move.

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#4
April 06, 2009, 05:39:13 PM
Yet another futile effort which will inevitably make honest customers angry and pirates laugh?
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obryn

#6
April 06, 2009, 06:15:19 PM
Waaay more likely to be financial - as in "We could make more money selling these ourselves."

I doubt some executive found PHBs on rs.4chan and just said "Oh wow - we need to stop this!"

I would also be surprised if they didn't honor previous download agreements.  I could be wrong, but I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt.

-O
 

StormBringer

#7
April 06, 2009, 06:15:25 PM
Anything they may say about piracy is a cover.  They want to keep the 3.x and earlier stuff out of people's hands.  I would assume that Paizo will get hit with a cease and desist next.
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Drohem

#8
April 06, 2009, 06:18:16 PM
Quote from: obryn;294538Waaay more likely to be financial - as in "We could make more money selling these ourselves."

I doubt some executive found PHBs on rs.4chan and just said "Oh wow - we need to stop this!"

I would also be surprised if they didn't honor previous download agreements.  I could be wrong, but I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt.

-O

While I agree with this, Stormbringer does bring up an interesting theory.  We'll have to see what shakes out with Paizo in the next couple of days.

Benoist

#9
April 06, 2009, 06:38:52 PM
Update from Lisa Stevens, CEO of Paizo:

My question: Has WotC asked the same thing from Paizo?

Yes.  You have until the end of today to buy any PDFs you might want.  Also, you will want to make sure you download any PDFs that you have already purchased.  We will have a more formal announcement being sent out to all our customers once it is approved by Wizards of the Coast.

-Lisa

Benoist

#10
April 06, 2009, 06:41:20 PM
SEE ALSO This WOTC Press Release for potential info as to the "why".

Idinsinuation

#11
April 06, 2009, 06:46:05 PM
I almost wish I wasn't selling my 3.5 collection in favor of pdfs now.  Oh well, I'll just pirate what I already own if I can't redownload them later.
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StormBringer

#12
April 06, 2009, 06:46:42 PM
Good thing I went over to Paizo and snatched up a first edition PHB, DMG and MM.  I will have to wait to see what WotC does and get the MMII later.
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RandallS

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April 06, 2009, 06:49:50 PM
Quote from: StormBringer;294539Anything they may say about piracy is a cover.  They want to keep the 3.x and earlier stuff out of people's hands.  I would assume that Paizo will get hit with a cease and desist next.

It appears they have. I expect the retroclones to take off even more for older rules. People who want originals and modules will just get them from bootleg sources where they are apparently easy to find.

Even if WOTC opens their own store selling these items, many people will not trust it has they have will have heard that WOTC already screwed over PDF buyers once.
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Silverlion

#14
April 06, 2009, 06:53:13 PM
I strongly encourage people to burn their PDF's to a disk, to save them for their own long term use.
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