The problem is that getting electronic files makes it that much easier to pirate - the time it takes to scan in a physical book is currently a deterrent to most people. And it doesn't even have to be intentional piracy - if I have the files handy on my PC, and Jeff says "hey, what's the rules for Y in the new book?", it's actually easier for me to send the complete file(set) than it is to open the file, search for the subject and cut&paste it. It's an "innocent" piracy, I didn't mean to take away money from Issaries, but now that's one sale they won't make, and if Jeff is one of those "Information wants to be free" radicals, he might decide to publish it on his webpage, or just send it to Rec.Games.FRP. Or I might slip and send the files to HeroWars or HW-Rules or the digest instead of Jeff, and bango, who needs to buy the paper copy?
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