No More D&D PDFs, Wizards of the Coast Sues 8 File Sharers

An anonymous reader writes "On April 6th, Wizards of the Coast took all of their PDF products offline, including those sold at third-party websites like RPGNow.com. From the RPGNow front page: 'Wizards of the Coast has instructed us to suspend all sales and downloads of Wizards of the Coast titles. Unfortunately, this includes offering download access to previously purchased Wizards of the Coast titles.' Wizards of the Coast also posted a press release to their website that states they are suing eight file sharers for 'copyright infringement,' and WotC_Trevor posted a short explanation about the cessation of PDF sales to the EN World Forums."

Does that mean...

[Anonymous Coward]

...that if they are using D20 dice and they roll a 20, they get out of being sued?

How embarassing..

[qoncept]

The most effective part of this move will probably be revealing the names of these 8 file sharers that are playing D&D.

Re:D&D is dead

[TheRealMindChild]

Everyone should get a saving throw!

The Who Did What Now?

[Anonymous Coward]

This is all so mind-blowing !

Not quite like Suzi

Sword of Litigation +1

[spookymonster]

WotC attacks the gazebo!

Re:oh noes

[furby076]

realizing people pirate anything not nailed down

Great you just gave WoTC a new business model. Whenever you buy one of their books you must buy the installation package which will have a WoTC technician come out and nail the book down into your coffee/gaming table.

Noticed at WotC website. :-D

[drewvr6]

A sign at a stone bridge warns, "Stop, pay troll."

Re:[Don't] Profit!

[mseeger]

Typical case of "Suicide due to Fear of Death"

Re:WotC wants 3e DEAD! At any cost

[geekoid]

Huh. Here in Portland Oregon I see them in every hobby store, and in used book stores. can't get rid of that crap fast enough.

I mean..um.. yeah there scarce how much, exactly, would you pay for these 'scarce' books?

Re:D&D is dead

[Opportunist]

I'd attack them with a cluewand, but it doesn't work on anyone with an int of lower than 3 or corporations.

Funny thing is

[logjon]

This comes just days after the MAFIAA turned down a WoTC proposal to merge, forming a new entity that would have been dubbed the 'MAFAG,' short for 'Music and Film and Games.' Former RIAA president Cary Sherman was quoted as saying 'fuck you, we damn near committed corporate suicide with shit like that.'

Re:[Don't] Profit!

[ScouseMouse]

>Seriously though, is there a business conference that happens annually now where presenters try >to sell the audience on the benefits of alienating your customers by providing sub-par purchasing and product use options? Well Darl's going a bit short at the moment, so he decided to hit the lecture circuit for a while.

Re:[Don't] Profit!

[commodore64_love]

>>>Step 4: Lose all profits!

What's D&D? Was that some kind of Final Fantasy spinoff?

Re:[Don't] Profit!

[ubrgeek]

It worked for SCO... Oh ... hrmmm.

Re:[Don't] Profit!

[internerdj]

"Some sort of physical DRM for printed copies?"
This is Bruno. He comes free with your purchase. Don't make him mad. He is non-refundable.

Re:[Don't] Profit!

[Brian Boitano]

If D&D (as a traditional RPG) is already performing near or below that bar, then taking an action which has a low expected direct cost that might, the probability is low,improve it to reach that bar (but is likely to fail) may, assuming everything that appears more likely to succeed which has equal or less cost has already been tried, make sense as a last ditch effort to save the line before shutting it down.

Incomprehensible sentence hits you for 1d6+1!

Re:[Don't] Profit!

[oldspewey]

This D&D guide will self destruct in 60 seconds.

... unless you can successfully roll for save vs. lawyers

Re:[Don't] Profit!

[geekoid]

That BITCH!