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>> > If you're photocopying them you're violating the author's
>> > intellectual property.
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>> Legaly yes, but econommicaly no. The authors are not loosing any bucks
>> since they have nothing to sell right now.
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>But you're depriving the authors of the ability to sell it in the future.
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>I make my living off of intellectual property, so perhaps this is overly
>near and dear to my heart, but authors make a small enough amount as it is
>- -- don't make it any harder on them.
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To be fair David, I think you're being a bit disingenuous (apologies for
spelling, if it's incorrect) because a) the cradle's not going to come out
again in the future - at least not in it's current form and b) (next to)
no-one will not buy a GtG version of the Cradle because they've got a
photocopied RQ2 version.
As for authors making bugger all money you've got to remember that a)
you're not going to get huge royalties for writing for RPGs and b) RPG
companies do not pay well compared to any other form of publisher (I know,
I used to be one).
As a side note on auctions, I hope that everyone's declaring the money they
make at them because it's taxable ... ;)