I remember a few years ago I was looking through the Nintendo FAQ on piracy and such. It was pretty insane. Like the questions were set up like this, no exaggeration:
Q: Can I download ROMs of old Nintendo titles?
A: No, Nintendo reserves the rights to all titles, even if they are out of print.
Q: But if they are out of print, can't I download the ROMs since there is no way to get them otherwise?
A: No, they are still the property of Nintendo.
Q: But what if it was a really popular/good game I want to play again?
A: No.
Reminds me of this. Of course, with Nintendo they ended up releasing the Virtual Console for the Wii, so their stance made (some) sense. But with WotC? Sounds pretty dumb to me. Guess it doesn't help that I downloaded pirated PDFs of the 4ed books when they came out, since I decided to finally see what D&D was all about (I am intrigued, and still itching to try a game, to say the least). I guess I better go buy my legit copies quickly, or WotC isn't going to make any money off of me!
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Q: Can I download ROMs of old Nintendo titles?
A: No, Nintendo reserves the rights to all titles, even if they are out of print.
Q: But if they are out of print, can't I download the ROMs since there is no way to get them otherwise?
A: No, they are still the property of Nintendo.
Q: But what if it was a really popular/good game I want to play again?
A: No.
Reminds me of this. Of course, with Nintendo they ended up releasing the Virtual Console for the Wii, so their stance made (some) sense. But with WotC? Sounds pretty dumb to me. Guess it doesn't help that I downloaded pirated PDFs of the 4ed books when they came out, since I decided to finally see what D&D was all about (I am intrigued, and still itching to try a game, to say the least). I guess I better go buy my legit copies quickly, or WotC isn't going to make any money off of me!